Auckland City Cordoned Off
An area in Downtown Auckland has been cordoned off after a report that a suspicious substance was found in an envelope
delivered to people on level 12 of the Dorchester building in Shortland St.
The Fire Service is in attendance and a cordon is in place on Shortland St between Field's Lane and Jean Batten Place.
Police expect the cordon to remain for at least another half an hour.
A few hundred people have been evacuated from the Dorchester building as a safety precaution.
The package containing the suspicious substance will be uplifted from the building shortly and sent to the appropriate
agency, the ESR, for testing to determine what it is.
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