Police are now able to name the man found off the coast of Whakatāne, after reports of a man going overboard from a vessel on Thursday 25 July.
He was 39-year-old William Henry Genefaas of Pōmare, Rotorua.
Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time and his death has been referred to the Coroner.
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Issued by the Police Media Centre