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A newborn baby found on a plane at Auckland airport may have been abandoned.
The Pacific Blue flight arrived at Auckland from Apia in Samoa at 5.20am Thursday, and the baby's mother was found in the airport shortly after.
Both she and her newborn baby were taken by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital, and both are reported to be doing well.
Police have confirmed to ONE News that the newborn baby was discovered just before 7am after the plane had landed.
A source at the airport has told ONE News that the baby was discovered by a cleaner in a rubbish compartment in one of the plane's toilets.
It appears none of the 150 passengers on the flight, or the plane's crew, were aware the woman had given birth.
The mother is understood to be a 30-year-old Samoan woman.
Pacific Blue has confirmed one of their passengers did give birth on board Flight DJ94 from Apia. The airline also says the mother and child have now been reunited, backing up earlier reports that it is a case of possible abandonment.
Child, Youth and Family has been called in and is involved in determining the future of the baby.
A CYF spokeswoman says they were contacted by Middlemore Hospital.
She says their next step is to determine what is best for the baby, and are working closely with medical professionals, police and the mother.
ONE News would like to hear from anyone who was on the flight. Contact ONE News at news@tvnz.co.nz or phone 09 916 7266
