11 Feb 2024

One person dead in Clarence River incident

10:32 am on 11 February 2024
Clarence River

Clarence River Photo: Wikimedia Commons

One person has died in a water-related incident on the Clarence River on Saturday.

Few details have been released, but the person is thought to have been rafting on the river and died at the scene.

The Clarence River which flows through the Kaikōura Ranges is a popular location for canoeists and rafters.

At around 209 kilometres long, it is the longest river in Canterbury and the eighth longest in New Zealand.

Work Safe and the coroner have been informed of the incident with police making inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death.

Police extended their condolences to friends and family of the deceased.