Emergency services were last night searching for a man missing in the Waikato River, after he entered the river from a popular natural hot pools in Taupo.
Police were alerted just before 9pm after other swimmers at Spa Park hot pools saw him disappear about 200m downstream.
The man had swum into the main flow of the Waikato River but did not get back to the river bank.
The natural hot pools, popular with Taupo locals and visitors, is where the Otumuheke Stream flows into the Waikato River.
Taupo Police, the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter, Coastguard Lake Taupo and Land Search and Rescue Taupo volunteers all took part in the search.