A man has fallen down a cliff and died while on his way to a Northland fishing spot overnight.
The local man, in his late fifties, fell about 25 metres from a track above Piapia Bay, near Kaeo, at 2.30am.
He and a friend were heading to a fishing spot when he lost his footing, police said.
His body has been recovered from the shingle beach below.
- NZPA
Fisherman dies after cliff fall
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