Police were notified around 8:15pm yesterday that a man understood to be working in a forestry block near Dannevirke had not returned home.
Police attended the scene and co-ordinated a search.
The landowner has assisted in the search, and has located the man deceased down a bank.
The man’s body was recovered this morning with the assistance of Fire and Emergency NZ and Land Search and Rescue.
WorkSafe has been advised.
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Issued by Police Media Centre.