After two fatalities in the holiday period Maritime NZ has reminded boaties in the Bay to take care on the water.
The reported fatalities included a 68-year-old male who drowned on Boxing Day while kayaking around Donut Island, off the Whangamata Coast.
Today, after the official holiday period ended, police divers were searching for a 48-year-old man who went missing from a boat yesterday in Lake Rotoiti.
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The second fatality happened in Northland, after a 75-year-old woman drowned on January 2 after falling off a boat.