One dead after boat overturned in Auckland's Manukau Harbour

3:21 pm on 21 September 2019

One person has died after a boat overturned in the Manukau Harbour in Auckland this morning.

The Pahurehure inlet in the Manukau Harbour, as seen from the Weymouth boating club.

Manukau Harbour Photo: RNZ / Jessie Chiang

Two other people have sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital.

Police said they got reports early this afternoon around 12.20pm that the boat had capsized near the settlement of Huia.

They received reports of the vessel when three people were pulled from the water by a member of the public in a passing boat.

Police are making enquiries to establish the circumstances of the incident.