Update: Body recovered from Waitaki River

Saturday, 19 October 2019, 12:16 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

"Update: Body recovered from Waitaki River"

Searchers looking for a person who fell from a boat that overturned on the Waitaki River yesterday have recovered a body.

The body was found this morning near Black Point and a formal identification and post mortem are still to be completed.

Police would like to thank all the volunteers that participated in the search.

ENDS

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