2 Apr 2009

Death of man found in burned-out not suspicious - police

12:49 pm on 2 April 2009

The death of a man whose body was found in a burnt-out car near Motueka is not being treated as suspicious.

Police have named the man as Rawiri-Manu Naish, who was 34.

The car his body was in was found about 7.30am on Wednesday by a man walking his dog at Baigent's Reserve on Kina Peninsula,

Forensic experts from Christchurch carried out an investigation at the scene.