The man was collecting shellfish near Nine Pin Rock before he fell in just before midnight, without a life jacket.

Police searched the area with volunteers from Coastguard until 2am.

The search resumed at 7am.

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15 Oct: At least one person has critical injuries, after a collision between an empty bus and car on State Highway 1 east of Marton, in the Rangitikei district

15 Oct: Police are reminding hikers to prepare properly - after a busy Saturday on Mount Taranaki

14 Oct: Police are looking for information, on a man found critically injured on a rural Waikato road this morning

14 Oct: Three people are in hospital after a crash at Wellington's Johnsonville off-ramp, on State Highway One

14 Oct: Emergency services swarmed an Auckland early childhood centre, after a refrigerant gas leak injured three adults, two seriously

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International:
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