There have been four water deaths in two days in New Zealand with drownings across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Wednesday drownings were at Two Mile Bay in Taupō, and earlier at about 11am at Lake Puketi. A blessing was carried out at 10.30am on Wednesday and Jones Landing Reserve was closed. The Jones Landing Reserve would not reopen until Saturday at 9am, a message on a South Waikato Council social media page said. The latest two drownings occurred after the official holiday drowning period ended at 5am on Tuesday.

Source: Stuff January 06, 2021 00:53 UTC