Both the 16-year-old and a female victim were taken to a hospital, where the teen later died, according to the coroner’s office.

Tensions ran high among residents and visitors after tsunami warnings were issued along Japan’s Pacific coast on July 30 following a powerful earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

Chris Cormack (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe) is Kaihuawaere Matihiko and Koha team technical lead for Catalyst IT in Wellington, developing software for library management.

Helen Brown (Ngāi Tahu) is a descendant of Te Wharerimu and Patahi, two wāhine toa from the deep south. She is a senior researcher in the Archive Team at Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.