Photo: Supplied via NZMEA seaplane has crashed in the Auckland harbour, nose-diving into the water. Sealink ferry is assisting after the seaplane flipped. She said immediately after the crash, their ferry turned back towards the site to help. Witness Murray McLaren on the Pine Harbour ferry said crew members told him the seaplane pilot had escaped. He said it was hard to see but as far he could tell the plane had "flipped up and over".

Source: Otago Daily Times February 28, 2019 22:28 UTC