A woman has been charged with child neglect in New Zealand after a 2-year-old girl was found inside a suitcase in a bus' luggage compartment on Sunday, police said.

The discovery was made by the bus driver during a scheduled stop in Kaiwaka, a Northland Region town, according to a statement from New Zealand Police official Simon Harrison.

The suspect asked to access the compartment during that stop, said Harrison, acting crime manager for the Aukland-adjacent district of Waitematā.

"The driver became concerned when he noticed the bag moving," he said. "When the driver opened the suitcase, they discovered the two-year-old girl."

The toddler was taken to a hospital for an "extensive medical assessment" but appeared to be unharmed except for being "hot," the official said.

"The little

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