28 Dec 2016

Police find the body of a man on a reef in Tonga

8:10 pm on 28 December 2016

Search and rescue teams in Tonga have confirmed recovering a body of a man from a reef off of Sopu at about 4:00pm local time today.

The Central Police Station in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa.

The Central Police Station in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa. Photo: RNZI / Gareth Thomas

The authorities had been looking for missing kayaker, Fisatina Puafisi, who was last seen on the 23rd of December.

Tonga police confirmed the body, which had yet to be identified, was recovered about 1.3 km north of the Hifofua Wreck on the Sopu reef.

A police spokesperson said further details would be released after a formal identification was made and family had been notified.