By Guy Williams of A skilled Queenstown kayaker drowned after becoming caught in a river hazard resembling a ''washing machine'', a coroner says. In findings released on Friday, coroner Amelia Steel said Jeremy Norbury, 24, died on 25 February in 2023, while kayaking with friends in South Westland's Turnbull River. After leaving Queenstown early that morning, the group reached the river about 1pm after carrying their kayaks for about an hour.