Man who drowned off Northland beach may not have entered water if warning signs had been erected - Coroner 5 Apr, 2021 11:39 PM 8 minutes to read Cable Bay, Coopers Beach, where Palmerston North man Wairongoa Clarence Renata drowned while trying to rescue his 11-year-old daughter in January 2018. Cable Bay, Coopers Beach, where Palmerston North man Wairongoa Clarence Renata drowned while trying to rescue his 11-year-old daughter in January 2018. Mike Dinsdale is Northern Advocate deputy editormike.dinsdale@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat Far North District Council has been criticised for not having any safety warnings, or flotation devices, at a hazardous beach where a man died trying to save his children, who had got into trouble at Cable Bay.