An investigation is underway after a man was found dead at a backpackers in central Auckland last night.
Police were called to Lantana Lodge on St Georges Bay Rd, in Parnell, where a person was found dead.
"The death is being treated as unexplained at this stage and there will be a police presence in the area this morning," police said.
A manager of Lantana Lodge told 1News a man in his 70s had collapsed. He had reportedly been staying at the lodge for a year.
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