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Investigation into stream death continues

Investigation into stream death continues


Police are continuing to try to piece together the last movements of 43-year-old Richard Hoani Herekiuha, who was found dead in Otamatea Stream, Rotorua on Tuesday (26 May).

Since releasing his details publicly yesterday, a small amount of information has been received from the public by phone and social media from people who use the track or believe they may have seen Mr Herekiuha.

At this stage the last confirmed sighting remains Tuesday, 19 May, the day he was also captured on CCTV in a local supermarket.

Police have received information from friends of Mr Herekiuha that he was in the Ford Block area on Wednesday, 20 May, but the team is working to confirm the timings.

Detective Senior Sergeant Zane Smith said: “Even if we can confirm the sighting by friends on the Wednesday it still leaves us with a gap of five days between those friends seeing him and the discovery of Mr Herekiuha in the stream.

Any information no matter how small or irrelevant it may seem will help us to narrow that gap and draw some definitive conclusions about the circumstances in which he died.”

If anyone has any information that might assist Police they are asked to contact Rotorua Police on 07 348 0099.

Information can also be provided anonymously to the organisation Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

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