A man has drowned at a beach south of Whangamata.
The 43-year-old was swimming about 600 metres outside the
flagged, patrolled area at Whiritoa Beach, Radio New Zealand
reported.
Surf lifeguards pulled the unconscious man out of the water
about midday but he could not be revived.
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