Name Release: Boating Fatality, Lake Manapouri
Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 5:10 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police
Police can now release the name of the person who was
located deceased on a boat on Lake Manapouri on Sunday night
(20 July).
He was 60-year-old Richard Charles Murrell,
from Invercargill.
Our thoughts remain with his loved
ones at this difficult time.
Police are continuing to
make enquiries into the circumstances of the death, on
behalf of the
Coroner.
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