The coroner is calling for compulsory nationwide lifejacket use following the death of a 10-year-old boy in the Manukau Harbour

Open Justice reports Ryder Ferregel and his mother, Gemma, died in November 2022 after a boat carrying five people capsized near Clarks Beach.

They both drowned after hours of clinging to the overturned hull and even after reaching the relative safety of a sandbar.

In Coroner Erin Woolley's findings today - she says, had the pair been wearing lifejackets, their chances of surviving would have significantly increased.