Police work to identify body recovered from Waiheke beach

7:34 pm on 7 June 2021

Formal identification is underway after a body was found on a remote beach on Waiheke Island.

Unexplained death in Taita, Lower Hutt early on Sunday 26th January 2020.  A Police cordon and crime scene invetsigation tent were in place Monday 27th January 2020.

Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen

Police were called at 8.20am today.

Specialist search and rescue staff alongside Waiheke Police completed the recovery this afternoon.