Police have released the name of a man who drowned while fishing at Papamoa beach in the Bay of Plenty last night.
He was Alesana Seneka, a 44-year-old from Auckland.
Senior sergeant Eddie Lyttle from Tauranga police said it appeared he got into difficulty while attempting to catch fish with a net in chest-high water.
Mr Seneka was visiting family in Papamoa.
He was pulled ashore by relatives after getting into trouble about 7.25pm.