More bodies wash up from New Zealand boating tragedy


Seven bodies have now been recovered and three survivors rescued after their chartered fishing boat capsized in rough seas at Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland, a general view of which is seen in 2014. - AFP/file

Hamilton (New Zealand) (AFP) - Two more bodies have washed up on a New Zealand shoreline following a boating tragedy in which up to eight people are feared dead, police said Sunday.

Seven bodies have now been recovered and three survivors rescued after their chartered fishing boat capsized in rough seas at Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland, on Saturday afternoon.

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