26 May 2015

Diver who drowned in Charlotte Sound named

1:51 pm on 26 May 2015

Police have named the man who died in a diving incident in Momorangi Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, yesterday.

Michael John Brown, aged 64, formerly of Deborah Bay in Otago, lived aboard his yacht at Shakespeare Bay in Picton.

A post-mortem will be done today, and the matter has been referred to the coroner.