Police searching for two missing swimmers have recovered a girl's body from the Manawatū River.
While yet to be formally identified, they believe it to be the missing 11-year-old girl.
The search for the 25-year-old woman she was swimming with is continuing today.
![Police said two people reportedly went underwater and failed to surface. Photo / Nick James](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SBFBK54KVYDPDETOHA4NMGJRHE.jpg?auth=f81af9baa83a90b65454655568dcfc75ce85456391ebaaae1be7aaf7c506bd61&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
The pair have been missing since Wednesday, December 29, when they headed for a swim in the river near Maxwells Line in Awapuni, Palmerston North, at 3.15pm.