Police can confirm that a person has been located deceased, following a search and rescue operation in the Whangamatā area.
Police SAR personnel and volunteers have been searching through the early hours of this morning after receiving a report of an overdue mountain-biker at around 1.30am.
Police would like to thank everyone who assisted with the search efforts.
The death will be refererred to the Coroner.
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