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The person found on Waitārere Beach on Monday was Paula Harris (file photo).
The person found on a Horowhenua beach on Monday was a 49-year-old woman from Palmerston North, police say.
Paula Justine Harris was last seen on June 22 about 9.30pm.
A police media spokesperson said the death was not suspicious and had been referred to the Coroner.
Items belonging to Harris were found during a search and rescue operation undertaken by the Manawatū River shortly after her disappearance.
At the time police said there were no further lines of inquiry and appealed to the public for information.
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Police appealed for sightings of Paula Justine Harris after she disappeared on June 22. Her body was found on Monday.
Harris was a talented a poet who made headlines in 2020 when she auctioned off her depression on Trade Me.
The listing included a certificate of ownership, tissues, a recipe for chocolate brownies and a DVD of Schindler’s List.
The DVD was a booster and companion for depression because it was impossible to watch it without feeling a little down, and misery loved company, Harris said at the time.
In 2018, Harris also won the New Zealand Society of Authors Lilian Ida Smith Award for her poems.
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