Coastguard deflated by swimmer's death on Lake WanakaMARJORIE COOK/STUFF Wanaka Coastguard president Jonathan Walmisley says the death of swimmer David Barry Fisher at Lake Wanaka "is a tragedy". SUPPLIED Stevensons Island is in Stevensons Arm of Lake Wanaka. READ MORE: Tauranga man died in Lake Wanaka named by policeCommercial operators Eco Wanaka and Paddle Wanaka were at the island when Fisher went missing. RECENT LAKE WANAKA DEATHSWanaka Community Board deputy chairman Ken Copland drowned aged 63 in the Makarora River while on a solo fishing trip in 2013. Wanaka Yacht Club member Trevor Hawke drowned aged 70 in Lake Wanaka after falling from a boat at Eely Point in 2011.

Source: Stuff December 18, 2017 03:33 UTC