Police are investigating an unexplained death after a body was found washed up on rocks at Torbay Beach on the afternoon of January 19. Photo / Anna HeathPolice are investigating an unexplained death after a body was found washed up on rocks at Torbay Beach on the afternoon of January 19. Photo / Anna HeathPolice have referred a death to the coroner after a body was found on the rocks in the Auckland suburb of Torbay. Officers were called to the North Shore beach after being notified by a member of the public at 3.50pm yesterday. “An investigation into the circumstances of the death is underway, and at this stage it is being treated as unexplained,” police said.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 20, 2026 00:38 UTC