Police have confirmed that a 24-year-old man has been charged with murder of a jogger in Remuera, Auckland.

Police have arrested a 24 year old man over the death of a female jogger in Remuera.

They revealed he was an armed man who did not know the woman he attacked on the suburban street as she was exercising.

He surrendered himself around midday at Auckland's central police station, approximately an hour after the jogger was found.

PETER MEECHAM/stuff.co.nz A dead jogger found in suspicious circumstances in an upmarket Auckland suburb was likely attacked nearby.

Police say when the man surrendered himself he handed a weapon over.

They believe he acted alone.

The man has been charged with murder and will appear in court on Friday.

NICOLE LAWTON Police combing Shore Rd, looking for evidence after a body was discovered in Remuera at 11am.

But police have yet to name the dead woman.

"We believe we know who the victim is," said Detective Inspector Kevin Hooper, though police were waiting for formal identification.

"One of our main focuses at present is identifying the deceased and, through our own staff and the agencies we work alongside, wrapping support around her family at this tragic time."

PETER MEECHAM A large police presence at the property in Remuera where a body was found on a front porch.

Hooper said there was "no evidence to indicate" the man arrested knew the victim.

The woman's body had been removed from the scene and a postmortem would be conducted on Thursday evening , under orders of the coroner.

Hooper said the woman was attacked, and that conclusion was reached "as a result of the scene examination and a brief examination of the victim's body".



NICOLE LAWTON Police can be seen at the end of a driveway where a body was found on Thursday.

He said police were not looking for any other weapon.

"Police were "still at early stages of [the] investigation," Hooper said.

The woman's body was found by residents of a Remuera property at 11am on Thursday.

NICOLE LAWTON Police at the scene in Remuera where a body has been found in a house.

Police immediately launched a homicide investigation.

Hooper, officer in charge of the investigation, said after the man handed himself in he had spent the afternoon being interviewed by police.

"I am therefore confident there is no further risk to members of the public from the person allegedly responsible for the fatal attack on this woman," he said.

Police initially said the woman's body was found on the porch of a Shore Rd home in the upmarket Auckland suburb shortly before 11am on Thursday.

"Occupants of the address happened to notice that the victim was on the front lawn. They noticed her there and immediately called emergency services. It was apparent from looking at the victim that there was immediate attention required."

Hooper said the residents at the house were "extremely distressed" and have since been offered victim support.

In a press release issued on Thursday afternoon they said she was found on the lawn and were asking for anybody that might have seen a woman jogging along the street to come forward.

Auckland central police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty said police had been called to the scene by an ambulance crew at 10.50am.

The home is next to St Kentigern School but police said they didn't believe any of the residents of the Shore Rd property were connected to the woman's death.

Detective Hooper said it appears the woman was attacked somewhere nearby, and wanted to hear from anyone who may have seen a Caucasian woman in exercise gear on Shore Rd or nearby, any time between 10am and 10.50am.

Hooper said the residents of the property who found the woman were "understandably distressed" by the events and had been assisted by victim support volunteers.

A forensics team went to the address and appeared to be combing the street looking for evidence.

The street was closed near Palmers Garden Centre for some hours.

An eye witness said traffic was being directed through the centre's grounds and that an armed officer was guarding the cordon.

Residents were being told they couldn't access their own homes and were barred from entering the cordon.

A Shore Rd resident said "dozens" of police cars were blocking the road near St Kentigern School, and that an ambulance had been and gone.

An eye witness said at least 10 police officers and five members of the public were seen at the end of the driveway where the body was discovered.