{"id":605202,"date":"2026-09-19T10:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/605202\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T10:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:22:12","slug":"homicide-investigation-launched-after-woman-found-dead-in-wellington-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/605202\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide investigation launched after woman found dead in Wellington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">A homicide investigation has been launched after a woman was found dead in the Wellington suburb of Newlands this morning, with police appealing to the public for CCTV or dashcam footage to assist with inquiries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Emergency services were called to Gahagan Way at around 4am on Saturday, where the body of a woman was located. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Detective Inspector Haley Ryan said police were currently speaking with a man who was assisting with enquiries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;A scene guard is in place, and residents can expect to see an increased police presence in the area as enquiries continue,&#8221; Ryan said. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/police-investigators-at-a-house-after-a-person-was-found-dea-P6RMRKCLT5CYRODCCKDC2K24AE.jpg\" alt=\"Police investigators at a house after a person was found dead in Newlands, Wellington.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Police investigators at a house after a person was found dead in Newlands, Wellington. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;There is not believed to be any risk to the public following this incident.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police were now appealing to the public for any CCTV or dashcam footage from Galagan Way or surrounding streets, including Newlands Rd and Stewart Dr, between 12pm Friday and 5am today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Anybody with relevant information was encouraged to contact police via 105 referencing file number 260919\/1067.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Inquiries into the circumstances of the death remained ongoing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Newlands is a northern suburb of Wellington, located approximately 8.1km from the city centre. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homicide investigation has been launched after a woman was found dead in the Wellington suburb of Newlands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,42,43,40,38,41,39,52],"class_list":["post-605202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}