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Person dies in water incident at Tauranga's Papamoa Beach

20:42 pm on 20 February 2023

Papamoa Beach (file image). Photo: Wikicommons

A person has died after being pulled from the water at Papamoa Beach in Tauranga.

Police said emergency services were called to the beach around 5.30pm on Monday.

The person was pulled from the water and given medical attention but they died at the scene.