A man who plucked a drowning man off the bottom of the Kaituna River has made contact with the young man whose life he saved.
Geoffroy de Saint Germain, his partner Janine Ewan and their friends Gavin and Annie Lee, all from Auckland, saved the lives of two Indian men on February 8, but were unable to save a third man.
Devinder Singh Karde, 22, a student from Auckland, died. His body was found in the river later in the afternoon.
The three men, all from India but studying in Auckland, got into trouble while trying to swim in the Trout Pool, an area of the Kaituna River near Okere Falls.
Mr de Saint Germain and his partner and friends, who were holidaying in the area, answered cries for help from a woman who was with the men.