By 1News Reporters
Friday 4:47pm

Fourteen people have been rescued when their boat sank off Motiti Island, in Bay of Plenty.


Coastguard were alerted at 1.40pm to a 18.2m vessel taking on water with 14 people on board.


Volunteers from Maketu, Tauranga and Whakatane responded, and all passengers were accounted for and transported to shore in Tauranga.

A nearby boat and Customs vessel assisted with the rescue, a Coastguard spokesperson said.


"The vessel is currently submerged. There are no serious injuries."

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