Police have named the person whose body was found in Lake Wanaka on New Year’s Eve.

He was Codey Jervis, 32, a New Zealander residing in London.

Anyone who might have been in the vicinity of Mount Aspiring Rd near Ruby Island Rd, or the nearby lake track between Waterfall Creek and Edgewater Hotel in Wanaka, who spoke to or saw Jervis between 9.30pm on Saturday, December 30, and 7.30am Sunday, December 31, is being advised to contact police.

Jervis is described as being an athletic Caucasian male, wearing a light blue top underneath a dark-coloured jacket, dark-coloured pants and white sneakers.

Police would also like to speak to anyone who found, or moved, any clothing or personal items on the beachfront or surrounding area at Waterfall Creek between December 30 and January 1.

Information can be provided to police by calling 105, referencing file number 231231/9558.