Search teams are looking near the mouth of the Waipu River in Northland. Photo / Nick Reed
Emergency teams are searching for a woman missing along the Northland coast.
The alarm was raised overnight at around midnight when the woman’s friends saw her enter the water near the mouth of the Waipu River but not return, police said.
Coastguard and Waipu Cove Surf Life Saving conducted shoreline searches shortly after.
That included six volunteers from Coastguard Whangārei launching their rescue vessel Circa Rescue at 12.40am to begin looking for the woman.
The initial search, supported by Waipu Cove Surf Life Saving Club and a rescue helicopter, continued until 3am.
However, the woman was not located.
Coastguard Whangārei and Northland Coastguard Air Patrol resumed the search at 8am today.
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