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Body recovered off Cape Palliser identified

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Following formal identification Police can confirm the name of the person who was recovered by a fishing vessel off Cape Palliser on 26 October.

The body was that of 25-year-old Patahi Rewi Kawana of Nelson.

The death has been referred to the Coroner.

Police offer their sympathies to the friends and whanau of Mr Kawana.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre