Emergency services were called to the incident early this afternoon. Photo / Google
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.
The spokeswoman said an ambulance was called to Piha and transported a man in a moderate condition to Waitākere Hospital.
Police confirmed they also had responded to a report of a man getting into difficulty on the water at Piha Beach.
"He has since been pulled out of the water and police are no longer at the scene."
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