By Ayla Yeoman, Local Democracy Reporting

Photo: Supplied

The person who died at the Poripori waterhole on Saturday was from Tauranga, police have confirmed.

The incident is the second where a local has died at the popular Wairoa River swimming spot in as many summers.

Tauranga 21-year-old Jontae Christopher Alden died in December 2024, after jumping from a rock into one of the natural pools at the swimming hole.

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