Name release - Lake Te Anau death
Sunday, 5 November 2017, 4:36 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police
"Name release - Lake Te Anau death "
Southern Police can
now release the name of the man who died after falling off a
boat yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were called
at 1:30pm on Saturday 4 November, 2017, to the incident on
Lake Te Anau.
He was 68-year-old Howard Robert Phillips of
Invercargill.
Police's thoughts are with Howard’s
friends and family at this tragic time, while the matter is
now with the Coroner.
ENDS
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