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A body has been found in a car in a Whakatane stream.
Northern Police communications Inspector Ian Brooker said a member of the public called police about 6.45am after seeing a body in a car in Orini Stream off Golf Links Road, Coastlands, about 4km north of Whakatane.
It was not known when the car entered the water, he said.
Police are investigating.
- NZPA
