Body found
PA New Plymouth The search will resume this morning for three men still missing after a Sunday fishing trip in a cabin cruiser from Port Taranaki. The body of a fourth man aboard the 5.5 m craft Wakatere was found on a stretch of beach near New Plymouth Airport at 8.45 a.m. yesterday. He was Lawrence William Dodd, aged 40. a barman, of Bell Block. A Wills Road resident, Mr Malcolm Sarten, found the
body before yesterday’s official search began. A hatch cover from the Wakatere was found on Monday. Searchers had scoured beaches in the area yesterday. said the search organiser. Sergeant Vic Story.of New Plymouth. Those missing are the boat’s owner, Keith Furrnage. and two men. Bryan Widt and John Adamson, both married, all of Bell Block. Mr Dodd's wife and children live in Australia.
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