Name release - Bluff boating incident

Police can now confirm the names of the men who died following the sinking of a boat in Bluff Harbour on Friday 19 November.
 
They were Richard Hiraman Jeet, 66, and Claude Norman Mitchell, 67.
 
Police extend their sympathies to the men’s loved ones. 
 
An investigation into the circumstances of the incident is ongoing.
 
ENDS

 
Issued by Police Media Centre.