Two girls and their dog, left stranded and clinging to a tree by an incoming tide on Auckland's North Shore this evening, have been rescued.
The police Eagle helicopter was sent to Little Shoal Bay after police received a call from ambulance around 5.30pm that the girls were in trouble.
The teenagers, and their dog, were located in a tree branch overhanging the shallow bay near Northcote.
Coastguard was also called in, and a rescue boat on another job was diverted to the bay.
Finding the water too shallow, Coastguard launched its dinghy, and managed to get the girls onboard.
