Source: New Zealand Police
Police can now release the name of the child who died at Tangimoana Beach on Friday.
He was seven-year-old Ryder Hayden Coley-Clark from Whanganui District.
Our thoughts are with his whānau and friends at this difficult time.
ENDS
Issued by Police Media Centre
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/10/12/name-release-fatal-water-related-incident-tangimoana-beach/