A pensioner's body found in a Wellington council flat is
believed to have been there for at least eight months.
Wiremu Whakaue, 68, died in the flat suburban Newtown in 2009
but his body was not discovered until March 2010, Fairfax
reported.
The coroner is trying to establish exactly how many months he
lay dead.
The council declined to comment on when and how it finally
learned of Mr Whakaue's death.
It is the second such case to come to light in only a few
months after pensioner Michael Clark, 88, was found dead in
his council-owned flat in Newtown in August 2011.
Council staff made the discovery while visiting tenants to
make future accommodation arrangements ahead of the
demolition of the apartment block.
His body is thought to have been there for more than a year.
Mr Clarke had lived in the block for 30 years.
Both deaths will be the subject of an inquest next month.
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