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New Zealand man missing in Whitsundays

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Sat, 25 Feb 2012 1:37p.m.

A New Zealand man is missing in the Whitsunday islands (file pic,AAP)

A New Zealand man is missing in the Whitsunday islands (file pic,AAP)

A search is under way for a New Zealand tourist missing off the north Queensland coast.

Water police and a rescue helicopter are searching an area of the Whitsunday islands after a man fell from his vessel overnight.

Police say the man fell from a boat moored at Marcona Inlet, at Hook Island, around 12.50am (AEST) on Saturday.

RACQ Central Queensland Rescue says the missing man is a tourist from New Zealand who was aboard a charter boat.

There were storms in the area at the time he fell overboard, a spokesman said.

NZN

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