Police and the Lowe Corporation Hawke's Bay Rescue Helicopter joined the search for him soon after 3pm. He said it was one of the safest beaches on the Hawke's Bay coast. Mr Cooper's body was found about two hours later and Mr Nathan's body was recovered about daybreak today. Mr Nathan was a former commercial fisherman's son who had been living at the beach. The remote Central Hawke's Bay beach settlement of Pourerere is in mourning after a double tragedy in which one of its own died while trying to haul the body of a diver out of the water.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 19, 2016 22:30 UTC