New Zealand tourist trampled by elephant on Zambia walking safari died by misadventure – coroner
The court heard the pair were on a walking safari organised by travel company Expert Africa and had…
Foxton farmer Rod Smith’s inquest after fire death probes hospital transfer decisions
Describing events that day, she’d told a doctor her husband had come home, changed his clothes and returned…
Father tells inquest he heard baby Poseidyn Hemopo-Pickering ‘gasping for air’ before death
Pickering was later charged with Poseidyn’s murder but acquitted by a jury in 2022. He didn’t take the…
Mother of Poseidyn Reigns Hemopo-Pickering tells inquest she lied to police after baby died
The 10-month old’s father, Anthony Simon Pickering, was later charged with his murder but acquitted by a jury…
Coroner’s inquest begins into Manurewa death of baby Poseidyn Reigns Hemopo-Pickering
A jury found Poseidyn’s father, Anthony Pickering, not guilty of the baby’s murder in 2022. Coroner Tracey Fitzgibbon…
Youth motocross in focus as coroner orders joint inquest into four fatalities
“At this stage it is impossible to say what the scope of the inquest will be … I’m…
UK schoolgirl dies in house fire started by cigarette lighter, inquest hears
“Layla was a fit, healthy 13-year-old, she wasn’t trapped, and there was no reason why she wouldn’t have…
Girl had potentially treatable disorder
A 12-year-old girl who died at a children’s unit after being detained under the Mental Health Act was…
Coroner’s inquest probes possible SUDI death of baby Chloe Nicholson in state care
It was there that she died from suspected Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) after being fed by…
Open verdict returned in death of woman (83) who used alternative medicine
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Wellington inquest reveals police visited 3-month-old’s family multiple times before her father killed her
Her father was subsequently convicted of her manslaughter and jailed for four years and five months. At the…
Wellington inquest looking at whether changes are needed after baby Manuia’s death
The evening before she died, Manuia was taken to the hospital after she had been crying all day.…