Source: New Zealand Police –
Headline: Combined effort sees pair safely back to shore
Location:
Counties Manukau
Please attribute to Sergeant Craig Kennedy, Auckland Police Maritime Unit
Two men are safe after their small aluminium boat overturned in Mellons Bay, near Howick.
A member of the public notified Police at 6.49pm when he spotted the pair in trouble, who were in the water for 15 minutes.
The Police Eagle helicopter crew soon located the men while a Auckland Police Maritime Unit rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) made its way to the Bay.
A local ferry dropped two lifejackets to the men and stayed with them.