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A homicide investigation has been launched after a body was found at a property in the Auckland suburb of Freemans Bay last night.

Detective Inspector Scott Beard said police discovered the deceased around 10pm on Renall St.

“Police are continuing to gather information from the scene and enquires into the exact circumstances surrounding what has occurred are ongoing,” Beard said.

A person is in custody and police are not looking for anyone else in connection at this stage.

Detective Inspector Beard says a scene examination is under way at the address and there will be an increased police presence in the area while the investigation continues.

“Members of the public can be assured there is no risk to public safety,” Beard said.

A post-mortem will be carried out in due course.

If the public have any information that could assist the investigation, police have asked they make a report via 105, using the file number 250630/9878 and quote ‘Operation Yarrow’.

Police were seen cordoning Renall St, off Ponsonby Rd, from around 7am this morning.

A Renall St resident told the Herald that police were at the property late last night.

A scene guard was standing at the taped-off crossing and several police cars could be seen down the street.

From the cordon, police wearing sterile gloves could be seen entering and exiting a property that itself was wrapped in police tape.

A worker at a local cafe told the Herald they were told by police “not to touch anything” near the street when they arrived to work.

Police have cordoned off Renall St in Ponsonby this morning. Photo / Carson Bluck 

According to staff from another nearby cafe, police said they believed there was no danger to the community.

Police at the scene would not comment on the incident.

A person who used to live on Renall St who was at the scene said there had been serious problems in the past with the residents of the house which had been cordoned off.

“Last week they smashed up some cars on the road,” she alleged.

Another resident of the street also said there had been disruption and issues caused by the residents at that property.

“We don’t know what’s happened, but this isn’t surprising,” they said.

Locals on the way to work this morning have been anxiously peering over the cordon asking police what’s happened.

Police have blocked off Renall St, off Ponsonby Rd, this morning after an incident. Photo / Carson Bluck

Police have cordoned off Renall St in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby this morning. Photo / Carson Bluck