Police name man who died after falling overboard off Whakatāne coast

5:07 pm on 31 July 2024
View of Whakaari / White Island from a monitoring flight on 31 August, 2022.

The man is believed to have gone overboard from a vessel between Whakatāne and Whakaari / White Island on 25 July, 2024. Photo: GNS

Police have named the man who died after falling overboard from a vessel off the coast of Whakatāne last week.

He was 39-year-old William Henry Genefaas of Pōmare in Rotorua.

Coastguard boats and helicopters were deployed in search of the man, whose body was found last Thursday after being reported missing overnight.