The search has resumed this morning for a teenager who was caught in a rip at Waihi Beach yesterday.
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Police say the young man was swimming with a group when he got into trouble at about 12.30pm yesterday afternoon.
Surf lifeguards and the Coastguard were joined by a rescue helicopter in the search yesterday but failed to find him.
Local lifeguards are resuming the search this morning using inflatable rescue boats.