Search Operation Underway For Missing Man, Lake Tekapo

As put by Senior Sergeant Hamish Keer-Keer:

A search operation has been launched for a man in Lake Tekapo overnight.

Emergency services were called about 8pm after reports that a man had entered the water and failed to resurface.

Police search and rescue staff, along with Coastguard Mackenzie Lakes volunteers, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and a helicopter, all deployed and conducted a search.

Sadly, the man has not been located.

The search will resume this morning.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.