Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua mate tētahi tangata Inia i whakaorangia mai i Wellington Harbour e ngā kōtiro toa e rua i Aotearoa. Ko Boobesh Palani, 26, i mate i te Whare Hauora o Wellington me ona hoa i tona taha, i kii te pirihimana ki te New Zealand Herald. Kāore i mōhiotia te tuakiri o Mr Palani i te wā i toia atu ai ia i te tauranga e ngā taiohi toa e rua, nō reira i whakatau te pirihimana ki te tuku pikitia o ia ki ngā pae tukutuku rongo i te tūmanako ka taea e te iwi whānui te āwhina ki te tautuhi i a ia. I tukuna e te pirihimana ngā whakaahua o Mr Palani e takoto ana i tōna moenga hōhipera i te tūmanako ka āwhina te karanga ki te iwi whānui ki te tautuhi i te tangata. Ko Mr Palani, he ākonga 26 tau te pakeke no Īnia, e mōhiotia ana e tētahi tangata nō Aotearoa e haere ana ki Sri Lanka, i kite i tana whakaahua i runga ipurangi, ā, i whakaatu i tōna ingoa ki te pirihimana. I kii tana whanau me ona hoa he mihi nui ki te pirihimana i kaha ki te tautuhi i a Mr Palani kia whai waahi ai ratou ki te noho ki a ia i ona wa whakamutunga. "He raru tenei engari he mihi ki te awhina a te iwi i taea ai e matou te whakatau i te tuakiri o Mr Palani, ko te tikanga ko ona hoa i tona taha i ona ra whakamutunga", e kii ana te pirihimana. Ko Mr Palani, e ako ana i Aotearoa, i whakaorangia i roto i ngā wai e whara ana i te taniwha i Burdan's Gate, Eastbourne, i te 10.30 i te ahiahi o te Mane e rua ngā kotiro rangatahi i muri i tō rātau rongonga i ana karanga mō te āwhina. Kāore i te whakaaro, ka rere atu ngā whanaunga o Kelly McKay, 15, me Payge Olds, 16, 300m ki raro i te takutai ki te wāhi i taea ai e Payge te whakarere i te kakahu tere rawa, me te kaukau i te 70 mita ki te moana ki te whakaora i te tangata. Ko nga whanaunga a Kelly McKay, 15 (taha maui), me Payge Olds, 16 (taha matau) i mate i te po o te Mane i te wa i ngana ai ratou ki te whakaora i tetahi tangata e horomia ana i Wellington Harbour. I karapotia a Mr Palani e tōna whānau me ōna hoa i ōna rā whakamutunga i muri i te angitu o te karanga ki te iwi whānui kia āwhina ki te whakahua i a ia. 'I whakaaro katoa matou he tinihanga i te tuatahi na te mea kaore i tino tupu tenei momo mea,' i kii a Payge, no Lower Hutt i Wellington ki Daily Mail Ahitereiria. I rangona hoki ngā karanga āwhina a te tangata e tētahi kaihao ika, e John Derek, i hī ika i te ahiahi o mua, a hoki mai ana i te wā i mōhio ai ia...
E rua ngā kōtiro i whakamate i a rātau oranga e ngana ana ki te whakaora i tētahi tangata e horomia ana. I tukuna e te pirihimana he karanga mo te awhina ki te tautuhi i a ia. I mohio tētahi tangata i Sri Lanka ki a Boobesh Palani, ā, i whakamōhio i ngā mana. I mate te ākonga 26 tau nō Īnia i te hōhipera o Wellington. He mihi ki te karanga i noho ai tōna whānau me ōna hoa ki a ia i ōna rā whakamutunga. I tangohia e Kelly McKay rāua ko Payge Olds a Mr Palani i Wellington Harbour. Ko Payge, 16, i kaukau i te 70 mita ki te tangata i roto i te pango pango. I mahi a Kelly, 15, i te mahi CPR ki te tangata tae noa ki te taenga mai o nga kaiāwhina.