A man's fatal decision to leap from a bank onto a raft he had been thrown out of on a swollen Bay of Plenty river has been described as "unfortunate" by a coroner. An inquest in Whakatane this morning heard the moments leading up to the drowning of Taupo plumber Terry Mason during a hunting and rafting trip in the Raukumara Ranges in October 2010. Mr Mason, 44, had been with experienced Kawerau ...
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