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RNZ News
08-07-2025
- RNZ News
Jock Davies named as man who died while hunting on Stewart Island
Jock Davies. Photo: Facebook Police have formally named Jock Davies as the man who died while hunting on Stewart Island. The 21-year-old from Tapanui died near Lords River on 5 July. A search and rescue team was sent to the island but Davies was found dead. Police were investigating, including include speaking to people who were in the area at the time. Family and friends had posted tributes on social media, including his brother Tom Davies who said he was "dearly loved and always will be". A Child Cancer Foundation article published five years ago described how west Otago rallied around the family in 2013 and again in 2018 as Jock Davies had treatment for leukaemia and a bone marrow transplant. Back then Davies had celebrated his two-year post-transplant anniversary and was enjoying a "sporty, outdoorsy life just as every 16-year-old boy should be". Mountain Safety Council chief executive Mike Daisley said Davies' death would be felt far and wide among the country's hunters. Deerstalkers Association chief executive Gwyn Thurlow said fatal hunting accidents in New Zealand were rare. "Our hearts go out to the family and the people involved in this tragedy. It's just so sad that it's it's happened to such a young person," he said. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Otago Daily Times
07-07-2025
- Otago Daily Times
'He's been through leukaemia twice': Family mourns death of young man on Stewart Island
Jock Davies. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A young man who twice survived cancer has died in a tragic hunting accident on Stewart Island. It was reported yesterday that Jock Davies, 21, was in a hunting party of nine on the South Lords River hunting block and was believed to have been shot and died at the scene. A family spokesperson declined to confirm any of those details and said they were just focused on grieving together. "We're not confirming anything ... We just, as a family, are looking after each other and moving on and grieving in the way that best we can. "From that side, we don't want to put anything out in the public at this stage." The former leukaemia patient was from Tapanui, Otago, where his family is well known. Clutha district councillor John Herbert described the loss as "bloody horrible", saying Mr Davies' death was especially cruel after all he had endured. "He's been through leukaemia twice," Mr Herbert said. "To have that happen, and I don't know the circumstances, but it's just bloody horrible. No family should go through that. What he's been through, what they've been through. It's not fair." Mr Davies was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2013, and the cancer relapsed in 2018. When the cancer recurred, the then 14-year-old stayed at the Ronald McDonald House for three months and received a bone marrow transplant. Mother Sarah Davies said in 2023 that she had been fundraising for the cause ever since her son was diagnosed. She is a teacher at Blue Mountain College, and her husband, Pete, is the deputy principal. She has organised the school's head-shaving Wig Wednesday fundraiser for the Child Cancer Foundation since 2016. "They're a family that have done so much for that school and so much for this community," Mr Herbert said. It was an "absolute bloody tragedy" that had taken place. "On behalf of the council and the community board, our absolute heartfelt condolences go to the family," Mr Herbert said. "He was a bloody good guy." The family spokesperson said they were still grieving and, therefore, unable to comment further on what occurred on Saturday. "They just want to get through the next week or so and make sure that everybody, all their friends and family, are looked after and do anything before they publicly make a statement," the spokesperson said.
Otago Daily Times
07-07-2025
- Otago Daily Times
Family grieving young man's death
Jock Davies. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A young man from a small Otago town who twice survived cancer has died in a tragic hunting accident on Stewart Island. It was reported yesterday that Jock Davies, 21, was in a hunting party of nine on the South Lords River hunting block and was believed to have been shot and died at the scene. A family spokesperson declined to confirm any of those details and said they were just focused on grieving together. "We're not confirming anything ... We just, as a family, are looking after each other and moving on and grieving in the way that best we can. "From that side, we don't want to put anything out in the public at this stage." The former leukaemia patient was from Tapanui, where his family is well known. Clutha district councillor John Herbert described the loss as "bloody horrible", saying Mr Davies' death was especially cruel after all he had endured. "He's been through leukaemia twice," Mr Herbert said. "To have that happen, and I don't know the circumstances, but it's just bloody horrible. No family should go through that. What he's been through, what they've been through. It's not fair." Mr Davies was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2013, and the cancer relapsed in 2018. When the cancer recurred, the then 14-year-old stayed at the Ronald McDonald House for three months and received a bone marrow transplant. Mother Sarah Davies said in 2023 that she had been fundraising for the cause ever since her son was diagnosed. She is a teacher at Blue Mountain College, and her husband, Pete, is the deputy principal. She has organised the school's head-shaving Wig Wednesday fundraiser for the Child Cancer Foundation since 2016. "They're a family that have done so much for that school and so much for this community," Mr Herbert said. It was an "absolute bloody tragedy" that had taken place. "On behalf of the council and the community board, our absolute heartfelt condolences go to the family," Mr Herbert said. "He was a bloody good guy." The family spokesperson said they were still grieving and, therefore, unable to comment further on what occurred on Saturday. "They just want to get through the next week or so and make sure that everybody, all their friends and family, are looked after and do anything before they publicly make a statement," the spokesperson said.
