Source: Radio New Zealand
Searchers out on the Mahurangi River on Friday, looking for the missing 47 year old. RNZ / Finn Blackwell
A body has been recovered from the Mahurangi River, police say, after a man was swept away in a car on Wednesday.
Searchers, including whitewater raft teams have been scouring the area, which has been hit by heavy rain and storms this week.
The body was recovered from the river on Saturday evening as part of the search, police said.
Formal identification is still to be carried out, but police are confident it is the missing man.
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