Police have been called to reports of a person missing in the Waikato River at 5.15pm on Wednesday evening. Police are currently searching for someone in the Waikato River. Police were called to a report of someone in the Waikato River in Hamilton at 5.15pm on Thursday, a police spokesperson said. The missing person had not been located by 8.30pm on Thursday. Waikato police senior sergeant Gill Meadows said police are aware of "at least one person in the river”.

Source: Stuff January 14, 2021 05:12 UTC