Body recovered from beach

Auckland: A body has been recovered on Auckland’s Muriwai Beach after it was spotted by a member of the public walking a nearby track.

Emergency services were called to the west coast beach, where the police Eagle helicopter spotted the body wedged between rocks on the water line, in rough water and terrain.

A person walking the Te Henga Track called the police about 5pm yesterday after seeing the body.

Surf Life Saving duty officer Brad WardAble said three lifeguards and a police officer on an inflatable rescue boat recovered the body.

A postmortem examination will take place to identify the body, a police spokeswoman said. — The New Zealand Herald