A rafting trip on the Landsborough River on the West Coast has turned to tragedy after a 27-year-old man fell out of a raft and died. The raft had reportedly flipped with four people on board. Police have revealed the man to be Samuel Jacob Zarifeh (27) of Christchurch. Constable Paul Gurney, of Haast, said Mr Zarifeh was on a rafting trip with a group of teachers from a Christchurch school. A helicopter located Mr Zarifeh's body, which was 45km dowstream from where he got into trouble near Creswicke Flat Hut, Const Gurney said.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 09, 2017 19:49 UTC