Found ‘unresponsive’

A person has died after being found unresponsive in the water at Moturiki Island at Mt Maunganui on Saturday. Police responded to the incident at 1.50pm. First aid was provided to the person at the scene. ‘‘However, sadly they were unable to be revived,’’ police said. Jamie Troughton, the Mt Maunganui Lifeguard Services chair, said the person got into difficulty in strong currents and that ‘‘within minutes’’ they launched their inflatable rescue boat, and that the person was ashore 10 minutes later.