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The heartbroken whānau of an 11-year-old boy who died during a fishing trip in Northland has described him as clever, cheeky, loving and full of wairua.

Jason Paul Wharerau, who lived in Auckland, went fishing at Pātaua South near Whangārei with his brother-in-law Ethan Gordon James Neels on 14 November.

Whānau raised the alarm when the pair failed to return that evening.

The following day their empty runabout was found adrift off Bream Bay's Hen and Chicken Islands, and Jason's b

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