A rāhui/restriction is currently in place after a body was found at a popular swimming spot in the Bay of Plenty.

Police say a 50-year-old man was found dead in a creek in the Hot and Cold Pool area at Waiotapu on Sunday.

Police were called around 7.30am.

“The man’s next of kin have been advised,” says a police spokesperson.

The man’s death is not being treated as suspicious and has been referred to the coroner.

Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa Runanga Trust general manager Eveyln Forrest told the Rotorua Daily Post that a rāhui has been placed on the area with no access or bathing permitted until Sunday, March 3.