A man has drowned at a waterhole in the Clutha River at Balclutha.
A police spokesperson said they were called to reports of a man missing at a swimming hole in the Koau branch of the Clutha River about 5.30pm.
“A body has subsequently been retrieved from the river,” the spokesperson said.
Earlier Fire and Emergency NZ crews had blocked Glasgow St about 50m from the river’s edge, near the hangar at the aerodrome.
More than a dozen crew members were seen working directly at the edge of the water.
