Ambulance, helicopter and surf club responded to an early morning call on Sunday 8 October and found a fisherman clinging to rocks near the Nun Rock at the south end of the beach.
Two other men were in the water. All three were rescued, one person winched out. One person was taken to hospital but the other two were OK. https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/man-found-clinging-on-to-rocks-in-dramatic-piha-rescue-mission/ar-AA1hRdvQ