Two bodies have been found in the search for four missing fishermen - one a Kiwi - in the waters off Hobart.
Tasmania police posted on Facebook early this evening the bodies were found near Sloping Main about midday (local time).
Police have not revealed the identities of those found, or the remaining two missing men, but Inspector Lee Renshaw said on Facebook the three men from Hobart are aged 26, 32 and 33 and the man from New Zealand is 35.
They were reported missing by a family member about 6.45pm last night.
The men, all friends, had launched their 4.8 metre fibreglass boat from a suburban beach before they vanished.
Tasmania police had earlier said chances of finding the men alive were slim if their boat, powered by a two-stroke 150 horsepower motor, had capsized.
Searchers on water and in the air have been looking for the men, who were believed to be carrying four lifejackets but not an emergency locator beacon.
There was a 10 to 15 knot wind when the men launched their boat and search and rescue experts were studying drift maps to help find the men.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman said earlier today the New Zealand Police Liaison Officer at the New Zealand High Commission in Canberra was in contact with Australian authorities and New Zealand police were in contact with family of the missing Kiwi.
