“Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to their family and friends during this difficult time.”Police and ambulance at Huia after a fishing boat overturned on the Manukau Bar. Photo / Alex BurtonCoastguard Operations Centre was alerted to a vessel that had capsized on the Manukau Bar on October 20, 2024. In August, the body of a man who went missing when a boat capsized on the Manukau Harbour was found. A year later, three people died in a boating tragedy when four people aboard a boat overturned at Manukau Heads. In 2019, Joe Tetou Williams died after the boat he was in flipped crossing the notorious Manukau Bar.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 20, 2024 06:19 UTC