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The body of an elderly whitebaiter was found shortly after he went missing yesterday in a Wairarapa river.
Senior Constable Tony Matheson said the South Wairarapa 87-year-old disappeared while whitebaiting with friends on the Ruamahanga River, near Tuhitarata south of Featherston, about 1.30pm.
Search and rescue teams found
