'Christmas Miracle': Police Rescue 14yo Boy Off Rocks in Bay of Plenty
December 24, 2022
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Police have rescued a 14-year-old boy off the rocks at a Bay of Plenty beach, in what one officer called a “Christmas miracle”.
At about 8pm on Christmas Eve, police received reports of a boy failing to return from collecting shellfish at Opape Beach near Ōpōtiki.
The boy had last been seen at 3pm.
The tide was coming in and family were concerned that daylight was running out and that he may have been swept from the rocks.