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A helicopter is being used in the search.
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The diver was reported missing just after 4pm on Sunday.
Search and rescue staff, the rescue helicopter and several local fishing boats carried out a search on Sunday but failed to locate the diver.
The helicopter will continue helping the search effort and Police National Dive Squad is to join the search. Share this
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Rescue crews are resuming searching for a missing diver near Mahia, Hawke’s Bay, at first light on Monday. (file photo)
Rescue crews are resuming searching for a missing diver near Mahia, Hawke’s Bay, at first light on Monday. Police said Search and Rescue staff, along with the rescue helicopter and several local fishing boats, began searching for the diver shortly after 4pm on Sunday.
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Crew from HMNZS Matataua’s Military Hydrographic Group take a break at Anakiwa to compare notes. “Even with an immediate deployment, by the time the squad arrives at the scene the task is not search and rescue, but search and recovery,” Adams said. “This is complicated by the fact the lost diver may have moved a considerable distance from their last known position due to sea currents. That is why we call the navy in. They have the equipment, personnel and expertise to narrow down any search area and quickly identify an object of interest – such as a missing diver, unexploded ordnance or discarded evidence such as knives or firearms.”