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Search resumed for man missing off Taranaki shore

June 5, 2022
Waiinu Beach

Waiinu Beach (Source: Google Earth)

The search for a man missing in the water off Waiinu Beach, South Taranaki, has been resumed, police say.

Police were called at about 11.15am on Saturday after the man went into the water from the rocks near Waiinu Beach.

A helicopter, Coastguard, Surf Lifesaving and police search and rescue were scouring the shoreline of South Taranaki yesterday.

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