{"id":106943,"date":"2025-10-29T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/106943\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:23:11","slug":"nz-woman-found-dead-in-thailand-hotel-room-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/106943\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ woman found dead in Thailand hotel room: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"2\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/phuket_0.jpg\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" alt=\"A street in Phuket, where a New Zealand woman was found dead in her hotel room. Photo: Getty Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A street in Phuket, where a New Zealand woman was found dead in her hotel room. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Thai media are reporting that a New Zealand woman was found dead in her hotel room in Phuket, Thailand on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Phuket News\u00a0reported that police are investigating the death of a 47-year-old New Zealand tourist who was staying near Kata Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Police told the news outlet that a preliminary forensic report suggested &#8220;a reaction between alcohol and [anti-depressant] medication possibly led to respiratory failure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson confirmed they were aware of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok is providing assistance to the family of a New Zealander who died in Thailand. We extend our sympathies to the family at this sad time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For privacy reasons no further information will be provided.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/577217\/new-zealand-woman-found-dead-in-thailand-hotel-room-local-media-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"1\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rnz_banner_rs_060825.jpg\" width=\"930\" height=\"130\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A street in Phuket, where a New Zealand woman was found dead in her hotel room. Photo: Getty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-106943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}