Man found dead in waterlogged car 5 May, 2021 12:30 AM 2 minutes to read By: Hazel Osborne of The Whakatāne Beacon A man missing for a week was found dead in his waterlogged car on Sunday, prompting a renewed police focus on rural drinking and driving in the Eastern Bay. Road policing manager Sergeant Chris Howard said police were working with local hapu and iwi to make sure people returned home safely from rural events and such tragedies were prevented. "Iwi are supportive of us giving them guidance and they run really good drink driving programmes for people." Senior Sergeant Al Fenwick said the man was last seen at a marae function on the evening of April 22.