Police name 74-year-old woman who died at Auckland beach
Thursday, 6 January 2022
A woman who died at a north Auckland beach has been named as 74-year-old Frances Rose Carswell.
Carswell, from Warkworth in Auckland, died after an incident at Wenderholm on Tuesday, police said.
Police released her name on Thursday and confirmed the incident would be reported to the coroner.
“Our thoughts are with Frances’ family at this very difficult time,” said a police spokeswoman.
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Emergency services were called to the beach just after 1.30pm after Carswell got into difficulty in the water.
Attempts to revive her didn’t work, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Water Safety New Zealand chief executive Daniel Gerrard said the country was now on track for one of the worst summers of water fatalities on record.
Lifeguards are urging the public to take care over the summer after an “alarming number” of water fatalities, including a child drowning in Northland’s Kai Iwi Lake.
As of Tuesday, the death toll in water fatalities is 27, passing the toll of 25 from the previous two summers.