7:28AM Sunday Oct 25, 2009

Searchers have found a body during a search for a missing diver on the West Coast of the South Island.

Tasman District assistant search and rescue co-ordinator Sherp Tucker said those searching the area around Hapuka Rock, Jackson Bay, 44km southwest of Haast, had recovered a body.

It had not yet been formally identified, he said.

The search began after the friend of a 38-year-old Dunedin man reported him missing about 12.30pm on Friday.

Read full article from The New Zealand Herald.

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