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Call for Papanui Point to be closed after two more drownings

Call for Papanui Point to be closed after two more drownings

Update: 2025-12-03
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A coroner wants the public banned from a deadly but popular rock fishing spot in Waikato, after two more people are believed to have drowned there. Flatmates Olson Canatoy and Eric Dabalos failed to return from a days fishing at Papanui point in October 2021. Since 1980 20 people have died within one kilometre of the point. Open Spaces manager at the Waikato District Council, Glyn Morgan spoke to Lisa Owen.
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Call for Papanui Point to be closed after two more drownings

Call for Papanui Point to be closed after two more drownings