Pawan Kumar Khadka, 22, was discovered by a member of the public early yesterday morning and his body was taken away by police, according to 3 News.
He has been in New Zealand for around 18 months and had been living in Tauranga.
The beach was cordoned off briefly from around 6:30am but then reopened by 8:30am.
Khadka's death has been referred to the coroner.
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