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Fisherman Found Alive After a Week Lost at Sea

The Daily Beast

June 19, 2026

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Fisherman Found Alive After a Week Lost at Sea

New Zealand Defence ForceA fisherman has been found after a week missing at sea. He went missing last Thursday after setting off for a day of fishing in a small aluminum rowing boat from Pukapuka Island, an atoll in the Cook Islands. When he didn’t return the following day, he was reported missing to the New Zealand Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, which in turn asked the Royal New Zealand Air Force for help. He was located by an RNZAF P-8A Poseidon and is thought to have been carrying minimal survival equipment, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement. After he was spotted, “nearby fishing vessels had indicated they were able to pick the man up,” the release said. Pukapuka is some 708 miles northwest of the Cook Islands’ largest island, Rarotonga. The New Zealand Herald reports it is one of the archipelago’s most remote islands and used to be called Danger Island. Read it at PeopleRead more at The Daily Beast.

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