Two dead in separate water-related incidents

6:31 pm on 20 January 2023
A police car

(file picture) Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

One person has died after a water-related incident on Auckland's North Shore.

Emergency services received a report a person was in difficulty near Takapuna's Narrow Neck Beach about 4.30pm.

They were brought to shore, but could not be revived.

And a person has died following a water-related incident near Big Manly Beach on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

Emergency services responded but the person could not be revived.

Both deaths will be referred to the Coroner.