Bay of Plenty Police are responding to the death of a man at Kaituna River Mouth, Paengaroa, approximately 600m down the beach.
Emergency services were called at approximately 1:30pm this afternoon, Sunday 25 June, 2017.
The man was fishing at the time.
Members of the public pulled him from the water and performed CPR. The cause of the death is yet to be established.
While enquiries are ongoing and next of kin are being informed, no further information is available at this time.
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