Police can name the person located deceased in the water near Kāpiti Island on 25 January.
He was 69-year-old Philip Lucas of Palmerston North, who went missing from Palmerston North on Christmas Eve.
His death has been referred to the Coroner.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
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