The man who died earlier this week following a jet-boat crash on the Hollyford River in Fiordland National Park was Shane Paul Gibbons, a well-known farmer from the Te Anau Basin. There were four people, including Mr Gibbons (50), aboard the boat at the time. A notice in the Otago Daily Times stated that a service would be held on Saturday at their farm Whare Creek for Mr Gibbons, who also went by the nickname "Scrub". In 2016 Mr Gibbons and his partner Bridget Speight won the 2016 Southland Ballance Farm Environment Award. The couple farm sheep, beef and dairy support at Whare Creek on the southern end of the Te Anau Basin.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 20, 2019 20:37 UTC