An American tourist died while swimming with dolphins in the Marlborough Sounds this morning.
The 27-year-old woman was on a Dolphin Watch EcoTours trip with her husband and mother-in-law, Senior Constable Brett Parkinson of Picton police told the Marlborough Express newspaper.
She was found face down in the water after jumping in the Tory Channel with a group of swimmers.
Emergency services were called at 11.20am and a coast guard vessel with a paramedic on board met the tourist boat at Waikawa Marina, near Picton.
Attempts to revive the woman were unsuccessful, police said.
Police and Maritime New Zealand were investigating.
- NZPA
Tourist dies while swimming with dolphins
File photo. Mark Mitchell
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