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A young woman died outside the Auckland Harbor Suites complex around 3:30 am on Sunday.
A woman died from the balcony of an Airbnb apartment that was used to host a party.
Witnesses to the early morning tragedy have described the frantic and chaotic aftermath of the young woman’s fatal fall at the Auckland Harbor Suites complex at around 3.30am on Sunday.
A man ran out of the central Auckland apartment complex chased by several police officers shortly after the woman fell from a balcony, a witness says.
The apartment was rented on Airbnb and was being used for a party that night, a source said. Stuff.
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Police conducted an examination of the scene at the apartment block on Sunday.
The police have launched an investigation, but their investigations are still in the early stages and the death remains classified as “unexplained”.
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Derek Nolan, Airbnb’s head of public policy for New Zealand and Australia, said in a statement that the company was devastated to learn of the incident.
“We are shocked and saddened by this tragic incident and we are fully committed to supporting the police in their investigations.
“The safety of our community is one of our top priorities and is at the very core of everything we do, and we are devastated to hear about incidents like these, regardless of how rarely they occur.”
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The woman landed on the awning on the pavement.
Detectives continued their examination of the scene and police remained in the apartments for much of Sunday.
The identity of the woman who died has not been released.
The Gore St apartments are opposite the SO / Auckland hotel, which is used as a managed isolation facility.
A guest there, who Stuff He agreed not to name, said he heard an altercation around 3:30 a.m. and then went to investigate when he heard a woman screaming.
He saw a motionless woman in the awning over the ground level tents. Two people, a man and a woman, remained on the balcony.
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The woman fell from several stories up and could not be revived. His body was removed around 7:30 am on Sunday.
Shortly thereafter, the witness saw a shirtless man bolt from the compound, pursued by six or seven policemen.
They disappeared from sight before he could see if officers caught the man.
Student Brad Morrow lives on the first floor of Auckland Harbor Suites and said he also saw the immediate fallout unfold.
He said he believed the woman fell from an apartment on the ninth floor of the complex that was hosting a party that night.
Morrow and his companion had a clear vision of where the young woman lay, surrounded by blood.
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Emergency services rushed to the scene and climbed the canopy towards her, she said.
Paramedics spent time trying to treat her, but to no avail, she said.
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A ladder lies in the awning the morning after the woman fell and died at the Auckland Habour Suites complex on Sunday morning.
His body lay under a blanket until 7.30 in the morning when it was removed and a police cordon was lifted.
Morrow said that around that time, a group of distraught young men gathered at the entrance of the apartment.
He heard a woman yell at another man that “you had no right to take my sister’s life,” she said.
