A man has been pulled from the water and given CPR after a water incident involving several people in the Far North. Emergency services were called to Little.
Whānau heartbroken over death at Northland s Cable Bay ruled preventable by coroner
11 Apr, 2021 05:30 PM
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Kaeo-born Wairongoa Renata was 54 when he drowned at Cable Bay. Photo / supplied
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
The partner of a soldier who died at a Far North beach trying to rescue children swept out to sea is heartbroken to learn the tragedy could have been prevented. Wairongoa Renata, 54, better known as Magoo or Tickety-Boo, drowned at Cable Bay in January 2018 after swimming out to help his daughter, then aged 11, and other children in distress in the water.