A man has died after falling from a kayak in Tutukaka east of Whangarei this evening.
At about 5pm he was seen struggling in the water and raised a distress flag just south of North Gable, police said in a statement.
Police and other emergency services were alerted and the man was found in a serious condition, and rescued by Coast Guard.
CPR was carried out, but the man in his 50s, sadly died at the scene.
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