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Police are responding to a serious water incident north of Napier

22 December 2025

They were called to the stretch of coastline between Hawke's Bay Airport and Bay View about 3pm.

Several police officers are at the scene.

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Other Lower North Island News

18 Dec: Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings

18 Dec: A person has died in a single vehicle crash south of Flemington in the Hawke's Bay last night

17 Dec: A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and four months jail for threatening a mass stabbing attack, distributing objectionable material and indecent communications

15 Dec: Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week

14 Dec: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui

14 Dec: Hawkes Bay Police are urging the public to keep their homes and vehicles secure - with a spike in the number of diesel thefts in rural Hastings

11 Dec: A Police watchdog report finds officers in Hawke's Bay unlawfully entered a house this year and used unjustified force to arrest a man breaching bail

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