Source: Radio New Zealand
Manawatū River. 123RF
A large search operation is underway for a man missing in the Manawatū River in Palmerston North.
Police were called to a report of personal items abandoned in a suspicious manner on Albert Street last Tuesday.
Officers then went to the nearby riverbank, and spotting a man in the water.
They asked him to come back to land but he disappeared under.
A search had been underway since then, and conditions improved today, with calmer and clearer water.
A large group were taking part including police search and rescue and dive squads.
Land search and rescue teams using kayaks, boats, and drones were also helping, as were other regional response teams.
Searchers were also scouring the riverbanks and the Foxton estuary where the Manawatū River reached the sea.
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