Police were called to a bus depot in Kaiwaka – about 62 miles north of Auckland – after a bus driver became concerned about a bag moving.

A woman, 27, has been arrested after a girl, 2, was found in a suitcase stowed in a bus luggage compartment in New Zealand, police have said.

A woman in New Zealand has been arrested after a two-year-old girl was found in her luggage while she was travelling on a bus. Police said officers were called to a bus stop in Kaiwaka, a small town in the north of the country, on Sunday after a passenger asked for access to the luggage compartment.