Location:

Wellington

The release issued at 3.34pm today has been updated to correct the location where the Suzuki Swift was found.

About 11am, the car was found in Karori Stream, about a kilometre from where it had been parked before flooding started.

The Police search team discovered the body of a man on the South Coast near the mouth of the stream about 12pm.

ENDS

Issued by the Police Media Centre