Two dead named after incidents at separate waterfalls in South Auckland
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Police have named two people whose bodies were recovered from separate swimming holes at Ramarama and Hunua Falls yesterday.
Upmanyu Sharma, 23, died after an incident at Hunua Falls on Sunday.
Sharma was swept into the waterfall around 3pm and his body was found after nearly 24 hours
of searches.
Edward Proosten, 50, died after an incident at a water hole off Pratts Rd, Ramarama, also on Sunday.
He failed to surface after going underwater in the swimming hole and his body was also discovered yesterday morning.