Please attribute to Senior Sergeant Carl Fowlie, Waitematā North Police:
Efforts will continue this afternoon to locate a man reported missing near Warkworth this morning.
Resources from several emergency agencies have been deployed around the Mahurangi River, and we acknowledge their crews’ assistance.
Unfortunately the man remains outstanding.
Police Search and Rescue are still deployed and will carry out shore-based searching near the river this afternoon.
Please continue to monitor the latest weather advisories and exercise caution around any waterways with the ongoing weather event.
ENDS.
Jarred Williamson/NZ Police