A rāhui has been put in place until this afternoon at a beach near Dunedin where a man died after being pulled from the water yesterday.
Police and paramedics were called to Aramoana Beach around 2.30pm after reports a man was struggling in the water.
"He was brought from the water and given medical attention but unfortunately was not able to be revived," a police spokesperson said.
Te Runaka o Ōtākou has ordered the beach closed to swimming and fishing between Heyward Point and Spit Wharf until 3pm today.
A witness at the scene told the NZME yesterday he was watching surfers at the beach, which was experiencing unusually large waves, when a rescue helicopter arrived to tend to an injured surfer.
