Police searching for a missing woman have recovered a body from the area of the West Auckland suburb of Swanson.

While formal identification is still underway, officers have been searching for 20-year-old Wolvedi Ding who was last seen walking along Birdwood Road in Swanson, at around 8.20am on 17 July.

Police put out a call for information about Ding's disappearance on Wednesday.

They said she lived in Auckland's CBD, but was visiting family in West Auckland when she was last seen.