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The 16-year-old survivor of a shipwreck off the Opotiki coast has been released from hospital.
Thomas Tepania, 16, was discharged from Whakatane Hospital on Wednesday.
Experienced skippers Damian Wyatt, 35, of Tauranga and Rick Josephs, 38, of Northland died after the Sanford-owned San Cuvier hit rocks off the Opotiki coast on Sunday morning.