Body recovered
PA Invercargill Searchers on Tuesday recovered the body of a man who disappeared after a boating accident In the Invercargill estuary. . He was ' - Morton Alexander Niven, aged 64, of Riverton. The body was foundby the pilot of a Southland Aero Club light plane on the mud flats in the estu-
ary during low tide. Mr Niven was reported missing after he failed to return from a kayak trip. It is thought he got into difficulties when a sudden weather change swept across the estuary. The search, called off at 11 p.m. oh Monday, resumed at dawn on Tuesday using a light plane and boats/ : . i
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Press, 8 February 1986, Page 6
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107Body recovered Press, 8 February 1986, Page 6
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