Search for person who went overboard from ferry in Cook Strait during the night

Harbourmaster Grant Nalder could not comment specifically but said situations like this were “usually noted by the ship they’re on, the vessel they’re on. Ideally [the ship] notices so you have a time and place.”

Nalder understood a a police boat was not involved in the search yet.

A rescue helicopter can be seen flying in a pattern over the Cook Strait. Image / Flight Radar

Coastguard said two vessels were at the scene of the search.

A rescue helicopter can be seen on Flight Radar circling in the Cook Strait off the coast of Mākara, west of Wellington.