A 13-year-old girl died after slipping into a waterhole in the Wainui River, Whakamarama.
She died on Christmas Eve but police have just revealed her age and named her as Annalise Reid of Tauranga.
Police extended their sympathies to her family and friends.
A large-scale search was launched on on December 24 after emergency services were told there was a person in trouble in the Wainui River, southwest of Tauranga.
A police spokeswoman said the body was recovered about 4pm.