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Please attribute to Bay of Plenty District Operations Manager, Inspector Kevin Taylor.
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At approximately 3pm yesterday afternoon, a spotter plane working for a commercial fishing company saw a pleasure boat that had capsized.?
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The boat was 2 nautical miles south of Mayor Island, off the Tauranga coast.?
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The pilot notified Police and the Coastguard and a search and rescue operation commenced.?
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The spotter plane and rescue helicopter completed an extensive grid search in good visibility but did not see anyone in the water.?
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Police’s inquiries have established that there was potentially one person on board the boat. ?Police are in contact with that person’s next of kin.?
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Another search is underway this morning. ?Privately contracted helicopters and a number of vessels have volunteered to assist in the search of the area.?
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The boat has been recovered and is being brought back to Tauranga.?
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Police ask anyone who locates anything in the water or along the shore that appears to have come from a boat to GPS log it immediately and contact the Coastguard on the marine radio channels.
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ENDS
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Note to media – there will be no interviews on this matter this morning. An update is expected after midday.?
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