Search for missing man, Cook Strait

Source: New Zealand Police (National News)

A search is ongoing for a man reported missing on a jetski yesterday.

The man left the Tasman District yesterday morning set for Plimmerton, north of Wellington, but did not arrive as expected.

Police and SAR teams have been conducting a water search with the assistance of Coastguard and RCCNZ.

A jetski was located near Cooks Rock in the Cook Strait yesterday evening, believed to be the one belonging to the missing man.

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