Divers join search for missing fisherman

Police say a dive squad will continue their search today.

A dive squad has joined the ongoing search for a Rotorua fisherman, who has been missing since Monday night.

Police say the 24-year-old man was one of three people on board a dinghy that capsized off the Bowentown Entrance to Tauranga Harbour earlier this week.

A 28-year-old man and a 10-year-old child were washed ashore on Monday night and were treated by ambulance, after they were found by a local fisherman.

Police say divers have now joined the search and rescue efforts.

'The search for the fisherman is ongoing,” says a police spokesperson.

'The dive squad was delayed yesterday but were on scene late yesterday afternoon. They will be diving again today.”

Other organisations involved in the search includes the New Zealand Defence Force who deployed the HMNZS Taupo yesterday, two rescue helicopters, Coastguard and police.

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