A person has died after jumping off a river bank into the water in Taranaki on Saturday afternoon.
Police say they were called to the scene after the person jumped from the river bank upstream from Te Rewa Rewa Bridge into the Waiwhakaiho River and failed to surface just before 7pm.
After search efforts, the person was found dead near the river mouth at 9.30pm.
“Our thoughts are with their family and loved ones,” police said.
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hāpu have since put a rāhui in place prohibiting water activities from the river mouth to the Telecom waterhole on Rimu Street.
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The rāhui will be lifted on the morning of Sunday, November 21.
Police previously reported the person jumped from a bridge, but this was not the case.
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