Body of missing Southland boatie recovered

Police have recovered the body of a man from a Southland river after he went missing when his dinghy overturned at the weekend.

Police said Jamie Stephen Boniface (28) went missing after his dinghy overturned in the Riverton Estuary on Sunday.

His body was recovered from the water near the Aparima River bridge by divers and the coastguard about 10am today, police said.

 

 

 

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