13 Mar 2024

Body found at rural Tākaka address 'unexplained'

5:19 pm on 13 March 2024
A police car

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

A person has been found dead at a rural property in the South Island town of Tākaka.

The body was found on Pigville Road about 4pm on Tuesday.

Police will be at the scene overnight and a scene examination is underway.

A post mortem was expected to be completed in the next few days, police said.

Formal identification was yet to take place.