A middle-aged man has died in a suspected drowning at Muriwai Beach in Auckland.
A police spokesman said police were first called to Māori Bay at 1.30pm.
First aid was carried out on the victim but sadly the man could not be revived, he said.
A St John spokeswoman said two ambulances were called to the incident involving a man in his 50s at 1.17pm.
St John was called to another seaside emergency west of Auckland at 3.12pm.