Police can confirm that a child has died in a water-related incident at Avalon Park, Lower Hutt this evening.
Emergency services were called to Avalon Park at around 8.10pm after a child was retrieved, unresponsive, from a body of water.
CPR was undertaken but sadly, the child could not be resuscitated.
The death will be referred to the Coroner.
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