Emergency services were called to Whangamata Beach around 4.45 to reports of a person in trouble in the water.

They were brought from the water but were unable to be revived.

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23 Apr: A month after a Gisborne birthday party that ended with the death of two men - no further changes have been laid

23 Apr: A person's been arrested after a hunt, accused of ramming a Police car with a stolen vehicle in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne

22 Apr: The family of a Northland police officer hit by a car over the weekend is planning her tangi and waiting for the coroner to release her body

21 Apr: Matt Payne has finished the best of the Kiwis in fourth in the final Supercars race at the Taupo 400

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