A person has died overnight following a drowning incident at Goat Island yesterday afternoon.
Police were called to the incident north of Auckland around 3.40pm, where they found a man unresponsive in the water.
According to a police statement, CPR was administered at the scene before the man was airlifted to Auckland Hospital in a critical condition.
The man, aged in his 30s, died at the hospital.
Next of kin are in the process of being notified and the death has been referred to the Coroner.
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