Person dies after Coromandel cliff fall

Hahei Beach on the Coromandel. Photo: Getty Images
Hahei Beach on the Coromandel. Photo: Getty Images
A person has died after being found at the bottom of a cliff in the Coromandel.

Emergency services were called to Hahei Beach about 8.15pm yesterday and a person was located at the bottom of the cliff face in critical condition. They later died at the scene, police said.

Another person was trapped on the cliff but uninjured and later rescued by a Fire and Emergency Lines Rescue Team.

St John said it sent one first response unit, an ambulance and a helicopter to the scene.

Hahei Beach is south east of Whitianga and a popular Coromandel Peninsula summer holiday destination.

The death would be referred to the Coroner.