As stated by Senior Sergeant Carl Fowlie, Waitematā North Police:
Search efforts will likely resume later today to locate a man missing after being swept away in water at Mahurangi River, near Warkworth.
A Police-led operation ran through most of Wednesday after an emergency call was made when he went missing from Falls Road at around 7.41am.
Night shift frontline staff conducted some checks in the area overnight, but sadly the man remains outstanding.
Police Search and Rescue will redeploy to the area once water levels have subsided and it is safe to continue searching.
The Police Eagle helicopter is expected to do a flyover of the river this morning.
We thank all agencies who have deployed resource to-date, including Fire and Emergency NZ, Auckland Emergency Management and Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
The missing man in his 40s from the wider Mahurangi community.
Police remain in contact with the man's family.
We acknowledge they must be going through a very uncertain and upsetting time while he remains missing. Our thoughts are with them.
