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Man's body found down bank after not returning home from work

November 18, 2023

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A man has been found dead near Dannevirke this morning.

Police said they were notified around 8.15pm yesterday that the man, understood to be working in a forestry block, hadn't returned home.

Police attended the scene and co-ordinated a search, with the landowner also taking part.

The landowner then found the man down a bank.

The body was recovered this morning with the help of Fire and Emergency NZ and Land Search and Rescue.

Worksafe has been told.

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