Gisborne fishing tragedy

The Mar­itime Union has offered its sym­pa­thy and sup­port to fam­i­ly and friends and the Gis­borne com­mu­ni­ty fol­low­ing the death of three local fish­er­men.

Police have con­firmed three peo­ple were found deceased overnight on the Mahia Penin­su­la coast­line.

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Carl Find­lay says it appears the com­mu­ni­ty and the res­cue teams made every effort they could in very dif­fi­cult weath­er con­di­tions to find and help the fish­er­men.

“This is a sad reminder of the dan­gers of the New Zealand mar­itime envi­ron­ment.”