Man finds surfboard that drifted 2,400km from Australia to New Zealand – and tracks down owner

Board was found covered in barnacles and mussels in Raglan, nearly 18 months after it was lost during a boat trip near Tasmania

A surfboard lost off Australia's coast nearly 18 months ago has washed up on one of New Zealand's most famed surf beaches, thousands of kilometres from where it was last seen.

New Zealand-based French surfer Alvaro Bon was kite surfing in Raglan on the North Island's west coast on 15 October, when his kite caught in the water and he began drifting out to sea.