New Zealand Police

08/20/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/19/2024 23:04

Name release: Clutha boat fatality

Police can now release the name of the person who died after a vessel capsized on the Jacks Bay Bar on Saturday 17 August.

He was Gareth James Pearson, 54, of Toko Mouth, Clutha.

Police extend our sympathies to his family at this difficult time.

ENDS

Issued by the Police Media Centre