Body found on Western Bay of Plenty beach

Police and St John staff at the incident on Plummers Point Rd. Photo / Ayla Yeoman

A body has been found on a Western Bay of Plenty beach, police have confirmed.

“At around 8.15am emergency services received reports of a body in the water near Plummers Point Rd,” a police spokesman said.

“Police are in attendance and are making enquiries.”

A Te Puna resident earlier said they could see police along the shoreline at Plummers Pt.

“I could hear all the sirens going and didn’t think it was anything on the highway.”

A reporter at the scene at 10.20am saw several police cars and St John Hato Hone vehicles.

Police were walking along the beach, several metres below the road, and have cordoned off the Huharua end of Plummers Point Rd.

The area inside the cordon includes a turning bay, carpark and access to Ongarahu Pa and a peninsula path.

Police on the beach on Plummers Point Rd. Photo / Ayla Yeoman