Police have formally named Jock Davies as the man who died while hunting on Stewart Island.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old from Tapanui died near Lords River on 5 July.<\/p>\n
A search and rescue team was sent to the island but Davies was found dead.<\/p>\n
Police were investigating, including include speaking to people who were in the area at the time.<\/p>\n
Family and friends had posted tributes on social media, including his brother Tom Davies who said he was “dearly loved and always will be”.<\/p>\n
A Child Cancer Foundation article published five years ago described how west Otago rallied around the family in 2013 and again in 2018 as Jock Davies had treatment for leukaemia and a bone marrow transplant.<\/p>\n
Back then Davies had celebrated his two-year post-transplant anniversary and was enjoying a “sporty, outdoorsy life just as every 16-year-old boy should be”.<\/p>\n
Mountain Safety Council chief executive Mike Daisley said Davies’ death would be felt far and wide among the country’s hunters.<\/p>\n
Deerstalkers Association chief executive Gwyn Thurlow said fatal hunting accidents in New Zealand were rare.<\/p>\n
“Our hearts go out to the family and the people involved in this tragedy. It’s just so sad that it’s it’s happened to such a young person,” he said.<\/p>\n
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