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DunedinMay 15

Coroner welcomes Otago study

Chief Coroner Judge Neil MacLean has welcomed a University of Otago study which will look into whether coroners' recommendations are being ignored or are acted on and helping to save lives.
Coroner welcomes Otago study
Coroner welcomes Otago study
QueenstownDecember 16

Helicopter hinge failed: coroner

A design defect in a helicopter which crashed on Homestead Peak near Wanaka almost six years ago was the likely cause of the accident,in which two men died, a coroner's inquest has found.
Helicopter hinge failed: coroner
Helicopter hinge failed: coroner
North OtagoDecember 5

Plea from father after son's death

A plea was been made yesterday by the father of a teenager killed in a Waitaki Valley car crash for young people to learn from the tragedy.
Plea from father after son's death
Plea from father after son's death
North OtagoNovember 30

Crash deaths had devastating impact

The deaths of two men in a head-on crash just south of Hampden in March had had a devastating effect on two families and hurt a huge number of other people, the mother of one of the victims told the Coroner's Court in Oamaru yesterday.
Crash deaths had devastating impact
Crash deaths had devastating impact
North OtagoNovember 29

No seat belt 'fatal mistake'

An Otematata man made a bad decision to drive after drinking then the fatal mistake of not wearing his seat belt before his car crashed into the Otematata River bridge, Otago-Southland coroner David Crerar said yesterday.
DunedinJuly 17

Lesson from worker's death

Construction worker Ricky Low's death should be used by the industry as an example of the "very real dangers" of diverting from and failing to follow appropriate safety plans, Otago-Southland coroner David Crerar says.
Central OtagoJanuary 27

'Wear life jackets' message reinforced

People in small boats should wear life jackets at all times, Otago-Southland coroner David Crerar says.
NationalJanuary 26

Pike River inquest begins tomorrow

A coronial inquest into the deaths of 29 men after the Pike River Coal mine explosion will begin in Greymouth tomorrow.
QueenstownJanuary 18

CAA delay means no end to 2006 crash probe

After 30 years of service, Queenstown coroner Alan Macalister was unable to close his last case yesterday - a helicopter crash which claimed two lives - because of a delayed Civil Aviation Authority report nearly five years in the making.
QueenstownJanuary 16

Coroner to report on final inquest

After 30 years of investigating "unexplained and violent deaths", Queenstown coroner Alan Macalister says he will gladly report on his final inquest in Queenstown District Court tomorrow.
Coroner to report on final inquest
Coroner to report on final inquest
DunedinDecember 15

Woman died after rare reaction

The devastating blistering skin reaction seen in a 74-year-old woman who died in Dunedin Hospital in 2008 was extremely rare, internal medicine specialist Dr Andrew Bowers says.
NationalOctober 12

Brother asked not to speak to police

The mother of three-month-old twins Chris and Cru Kahui did not want her brother to speak to police after their deaths, he told an inquest today.
NationalOctober 5

Teen died of alcohol poisoning, inquest told

A mother who took a drunken Auckland school pupil home from a party told an inquest today that he was dead when she checked on him in the morning.
QueenstownAugust 27

Coroner advises 'sober' friend

Society should consider adopting the idea of a 'sober companion' in the same way as appointing a sober driver," Coroner David Crerar said at the inquest in Queenstown yesterday into the death of a young Cromwell man, who drowned in Lake Te Anau on August 1, 2009, following alcohol-fuelled late-night antics.
NewsJune 29

Coroner critical of drink-driving culture

Southerners can no longer tolerate the "elephant in the room" that is our drink-driving culture, says Otago-Southland coroner David Crerar, who has found speed and drink, rather than a dangerously modified vehicle, caused the deaths of three Invercargill teenagers last July.
QueenstownJune 26

Coronet Peak urged to act after avalanche death

Coronet Peak should enhance its avalanche hazard signage and fencing in the upper Greengates area, following the death of Queenstown snowboarder Ryan Manu Campbell in an avalanche outside the ski area boundary almost a year ago.
QueenstownJune 25

Emergency protocol wanting: coroner

A coroner has recommended ways to improve the way St John and Police communications deal with emergency calls in the wake of delays and errors made when a man died during last year's Motatapu Icebreaker mountain bike event.
SouthlandMay 12

Coroner warns of gas burner dangers

The death of a Te Anau man from carbon monoxide poisoning last year serves as a warning of the dangers of using gas burners in enclosed areas, Coroner David Crerar says.
SouthlandMay 12

Driving warning issued

The inquest into the death of a Korean tourist in July last year prompted Coroner David Crerar to warn the public about the danger of driving in winter conditions. Police said she might have survived if she had been wearing the fitted seat belt.
NationalDecember 3

DOC powerless to stop rule breakers

Department of Conservation staff were powerless when tourists chose to endanger themselves by deliberately flouting warning signs, the Coroner's Court in Greymouth was told today.