11 Nov 2008

Boating accident victim named

11:42 am on 11 November 2008

Police in Northland have issued the name of the man who died in a weekend boating accident in the Bay of Islands.

He was Daniel Maaka Te Pania, aged 60, of Whangarei.

Mr Te Pania was one of three people in a small boat which capsized near Opua on Sunday afternoon.

His companions managed to swim ashore and raise the alarm. Mr Te Pania's body was found in the water a short time later.