Police have found the body of a fisherman lost after his boat was swamped by waves off Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland.
Palu Siua, a 40-year-old from Otara, Auckland, was fishing with his cousin, Robert Motuliki, in their four-metre-long aluminium boat early on Saturday morning.
Hit by a successionof big waves off Okoromai Bay, their boat was swamped, throwing both men into the water.
Mr Motuliki was able to swim the 100 metres to shore, but Mr Siua -- a father-of-eight -- disappeared.
His body was today retrieved by the police launch Deodar.
An autopsy was scheduled for today, and a coroner's inquest would be held.
