Name Release - Workplace Incident, Patoka

Friday, 7 February 2025, 11:40 am
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Police can now release the name of the man who died in a workplace incident in Patoka on Tuesday 4 February.

He was Malcolm Douglas MacDonald, 81, of Camberley.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.

His death has been referred to WorkSafe and the Coroner.

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