12 Aug 2022

Neighbour says she heard unusual sounds at Clendon Park house

From Morning Report, 7:17 am on 12 August 2022

A woman living near an Auckland house where at least one body was removed yesterday, says she heard unusual sounds, before the police arrived.

Two hearses left the property on Moncrieff Avenue in Clendon Park late in the afternoon.

RNZ understands two adults and two children live at the house but the police are refusing to provide any detailed information - only saying they attended an incident.

They erected a tent at the side of the driveway and forensic experts in white boiler suits scoured the grounds.

A neighbour says she noticed something was going on at about nine or ten o'clock in the morning.

The woman says about a year ago, the house was at the centre of a drugs bust but the current residents didn't live there at the time.

Another neighbour, Ron Ferris says the people living at the house were pleasant, but kept to themselves.  

Ferris says the police are keeping them in the dark about what's happened.

Police guards remained at the house overnight and more information is expected today.