31 Dec 2022

Person found dead at campground

6:52 pm on 31 December 2022
Mt Egmont

Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

A person has been found dead in a campground toilet in Taranaki.

Emergency services were notified just after 1am that a person was unresponsive in the toilet block at the Pātea Dam campground in Hurleyville.

Police then attended the scene just after 2am.

Police said the death is currently being treated as unexplained.

They are making routine inquiries to determine the cause.