Emergency services and locals look for signs of a diver reported to have gone missing off the Hawke's Bay coast. Coastguard, police and a rescue helicopter have stood down after failing to find any sign of a swimmer reported to be in difficulty in the sea the coast at Haumoana, Hawke’s Bay. Police were advised at about 11.15am of a swimmer in trouble. A large crowd of people and emergency services staff were on the beach looking for sign of the swimmer. A police spokesman said that following exhaustive searches it could not be established that anyone was in the water.

Source: Stuff August 30, 2021 00:10 UTC