Three ambulances were sent to Papamoa Beach just after 12.30am.

Paramedics treated three people and took two of them to Tauranga Hospital.

St John is referring media to police for more details.

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15 Feb: Police say a post-mortem will be carried out in the coming days after a body washed up at Mahia, near Wairoa

15 Feb: A large structure fire, has closed a stretch of State Highway 2 in Wairoa

15 Feb: A person has died and three people have been hospitalised after a single vehicle crash in Whangarei's Ruatangata West

14 Feb: Rotorua's getting another chance to showcase itself this weekend

14 Feb: A state of emergency has been declared for the Otorohanga District in the Waikato - which has been inundated with widespread flooding and slips overnight

13 Feb: Police are advising motorists in the Waikato area, including Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, and Waipa Districts, to stay off the roads this evening due to heavy rainfall and flooding

13 Feb: State Highway 31 and State Highway 39 in the Waikato's Otorohanga District, are both currently blocked due to significant flooding and slips

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