The New Zealand Herald

Council criticised

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Far North District Council has been criticised for not having any safety warnings or flotation devices at a hazardous beach where a man died trying to save his children, who had got into trouble in the water. Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale found that soldier Wairongoa Clarence Renata, also known as known as Magoo or Tickety Boo, of Palmerston North, aged 54, died while swimming at Cable Bay Beach, Northland on January 2, 2018.

Coroner Borrowdale found that his death may have been prevented if the Renata family had realised the hazards present that day at the beach. The Far North District Council was criticised for complacenc­y, including not having any signs at the beach warning of its potential dangers or any flotation devices if people got into trouble.

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