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Update on water fatality in Opua
Northland District Headquarters
88 Cameron Street,
Whangärei
Monday January 13, 2013
Police have released the name of the 68-year-old man who died following a boating accident in the Bay of Islands yesterday.
The man was thrown from his dinghy following a collision with a 42' yacht, which occurred as the yacht was coming in to Opua at 8.30am.
The deceased man was Joseph Reti from Waikare, Russell.
A salvage operation was carried out today to try and recover the dinghy, but was unsuccessful.
Police are continuing with their investigation into the cause of the accident and a post mortem is being carried out to determine the cause of the man's death.
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