NZ airport body find ‘may be homicide’

New Zealand police are treating the case of a woman’s body found in a car behind Christchurch International Airport as suspicious.

A spokeswoman for Christchurch Police said the body was discovered inside a blue 1984 Honda Civic in Yaldhurst on Friday morning.

The NZ Herald website said a jogger had discovered the body slumped over the back seat of the abandoned car.

A scene examination was underway and a post mortem would be carried out, Detective Inspector Virginia Le Bas said.

The identity of the dead woman isn’t known.

Police are appealing for information.