24 Aug 2025

Baby found dead in Albert Park, Auckland

3:36 pm on 24 August 2025
RNZ/Reece Baker

A post-mortem examination will also be carried out in coming days, police say. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER

A newborn baby has been found dead at Albert Park in Auckland.

Police were called to the scene at about 7am Sunday, after the infant was discovered by a park worker.

"A scene examination is now underway and police are speaking to a woman believed to be the baby's mother," Detective Senior Sergeant Ash Matthews of Auckland City District Police said.

A post-mortem examination would also take place in the coming days, Matthews said.