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"Despite emergency services' best efforts, the pedestrian died at the scene," police said.
Police were called around 2.40am after the vessel struck rocks and the pair struggled to make their way to shore.
A second person remains in hospital in a serious condition after the single-vehicle crash.
"Police later stopped a stolen car with seven youths inside and during a search of the vehicle located a machete and a baseball bat," a detective inspector says.
Police thanked the public for their assistance.
Civil Defence said the east coast of the region has “taken a hit”, with slips, road closures and flooding forcing people to evacuate to nearby marae.
Brown, currently the attack coach for the world champion Springboks, had been widely floated as a contender to replace Scott Robertson, who was abruptly sacked on Thursday after two seasons in charge.
MetService said the vibrant colours came from ice crystals acting like tiny prisms, creating a brief but spectacular sight.
More than 40 stranded people were rescued by helicopter on Friday after 322mm of rain in 48 hours triggered dozens of slips and washed out sections of road.
Emergency services were notified of the crash on Kennedy Rd in the suburb of Pyes Pa at around 12.38pm on Sunday.
Graham Garnett, 66, failed to return from a solo tramp in the Baton/Ellis River area on December 30, triggering a major search operation.
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