CAPE REINGA - A man drowned while swimming off the Cape Reinga coastline in Northland yesterday.
Whangarei police Constable Stephen Maddren said the man was swimming with three other members of a diving party at Taputaputa Bay, just south of Cape Reinga, about 2.30 pm when he got into trouble.
Two of the man's friends pulled him from the sea but were unable to to revive him.
Man drowns in Cape Reinga
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