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New Zealand scuba diver missing off Mana Island

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by LUTHER MONROE - CDNN Dive Safety News Editor

PUKERUA BAY, New Zealand (5 Feb 2006) -- Search and rescue teams are trying to find a scuba diver who went missing yesterday afternoon.

Robert Hohepa Hewitt, 38, was last seen at about 2:30pm at the north end of Mana Island off the Kapiti Coast.

After the diver failed to resurface, his dive buddies reported a missing diver emergency.

A sea and air search was turned up nothing and officials announced they will expand the area to be searched.

 

Hewitt is from Palmerston North and is the brother of ex-All Black Norm Hewitt.

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