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Kayaker dies at Onetangi Beach, Waiheke Island, Auckland

Friday, 11 January 2019

The kayaker died at Onetangi beach on Waiheke Island.
The kayaker died at Onetangi beach on Waiheke Island.

A woman in her 50s who died on Auckland's Waiheke Island may have suffered a medical event while kayaking off the island in the Hauraki Gulf.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter attended the incident at Onetangi Beach at 5:20pm on Thursday. 

It is believed the woman had fallen out of her kayak.

She died at the scene.