Police were called to Tindalls Beach just before 3pm, where the pair were stuck trying to retrieve dropped headphones.

They're now safe and on the ground.

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09 Oct: Another house fire in Auckland today - with neighbours of a property on Massey's Colwill Road woken by explosions about 5.30am

09 Oct: Fire crews have been battling a house fire in Auckland's Massey

09 Oct: Hopes there will be more support for a grieving mother and her son following a double homicide in East Auckland

08 Oct: A person's seriously injured after being trapped in a single-vehicle crash near North Canterbury's Cheviot - with State Highway One blocked

08 Oct: Police are investigating after a fire on a cellphone tower at Wanaka

08 Oct: A search and rescue mission continues for a 36-year-old man missing in Rotorua since September 30

08 Oct: A coroner's issued urgent recommendations - over the death in the Far North of a six-year-old restrained by a centre lap belt

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