Police are investigating an unexplained death at an Ōtāhuhu housing complex after a body was found.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Hayward said police were called to Atkinson Ave, Ōtāhuhu, after a person was found dead at 1.50am.

An apartment block in the South Auckland suburb has been cordoned off, with no one allowed to enter the building.

Emergency services remain at the scene and cordons are in place along a section of Atkinson Ave.

“Police investigators are currently undertaking inquiries to establish the circumstances around what has occurred, but at this stage the death is being treated as unexplained,” Hayward said.

The public was advised to avoid the area at this time.

This morning three police vehicles were parked outside a Housing NZ complex on the street.

The entrance to the apartment block was cordoned off by security on behalf of police.

Security workers told the Herald they had been advised not to let anyone into the building while police investigated the death.

Hayward said further information will be provided when police are in a position to do so.