Papanui Point sticks out into the Tasman Sea and is battered by swell from the southwest. “Police were this afternoon advised that a body had been located by a member of the public at Papanui Point,” a police spokesperson said. The body was located on the rocks at the northern end of Ruapuke Beach around 2:20 pm on Sunday, and formal identification is yet to take place. A vehicle used by the pair was found parked at the Papanui Point car park. Papanui Point is a notorious spot with at least 22 recorded fatalities after fishermen tumbled off the rocks, or were swept into the water.

Source: Stuff November 22, 2021 04:22 UTC