A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A rāhui has been placed over part of the Mōhaka River in Hawke’s Bay after a man drowned there while rafting over the weekend.
A post from iwi Ngāti Hineuru said on Tuesday a blessing had taken place “at the location where our whanaunga drowned on our awa Mōhaka”.
Police
on Wednesday morning confirmed one person had died following a water-related incident in Mōhaka River, Bay View, on Saturday.
Around 3pm a raft tipped while going down the Mōhaka River and one person had subsequently died, police said.
His death has been referred to the coroner.
