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Muriwai Beach incident: Efforts continue to retrieve body spotted at sea

Monday, 2 September 2019

Police have placed a cordon at the path to the Gannet colony on Muriwai Beach, Auckland.
Police have placed a cordon at the path to the Gannet colony on Muriwai Beach, Auckland.

Efforts to retrieve a body found at West Auckland's Muriwai Beach on Sunday have entered their second day.

Weather conditions had hampered work on Sunday afternoon, but police said on Monday morning a shoreline search was underway.

A police spokesperson earlier told Stuff they were notified at 9.25am on Sunday to a person in the water, the circumstances of which were unclear.

The police Eagle helicopter would be conducting an aerial search and the Coastguard would join efforts, police said.

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Fire and Emergency New Zealand had also attended.