Photo: SuppliedA Southland man described as "a top bloke who wanted to see the world" was aboard the livestock ship now missing in the typhoon-hit East China Sea southwest of Japan. Mr Bellerby, from Te Anau, was a shepherd at Tangihau Station in Gisborne in 2013, and a former manager remembers him as a "top bloke" and a hard worker. It was a shock to hear Mr Bellerby had been on the ill-fated boat, he said. Photos on Instagram showed Mr Bellerby in different locations around the world, atop mountains, hunting, riding a motorbike and working in Australia. Yesterday, Japan's coastguard said its search-and-rescue mission for the missing crew remained suspended with no timing set for resumption.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 07, 2020 19:30 UTC