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1. Recommendations recap - issue 3 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Water-related (recreational fishing or boating) 36 Work-related (agriculture) 38 Acronym glossary 39 Index 4 1 Adverse effects or reactions to medical or surgical care CAse NumbeR Csu-2009-WGN-000434 2012 NZCorC 47 CIRCumStANCeS The deceased died from bronchial pneumonia. The deceased had been living at the Riddiford Hostel, Newtown, a hostel run by the Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) but latterly he was of no fixed abode. it appeared that there had been so...

2. Recommendations recap - issue 6 [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...larger crafts. Lifejackets are also known as personal flotation devices or PFDs. Some regional councils have made the wearing of lifejackets mandatory. The Waikato Regional Council has made it mandatory to wear lifejackets on vessels under 6 metres when underway3 and the Northland Regional Council4 has made lifejackets mandatory on vessels under 6 metres when underway and propelled solely by oars or paddles.5 There are many types of lifejackets and the right type needs to be available...

3. Recommendations recap - issue 14 [pdf, 891 KB]

   ...These factors are all avoidable. Reflection on SUDI statistics helps to identify the main risks and hazards, and the ways in which these can be mitigated, so that New Zealand SUDI rate can be further reduced. Notes Care needs to be taken when interpreting and reporting on figures relating to SUDI included in this report to ensure accuracy and appropriate recognition of statistical artefacts. The data gathered in this study contains active cases before coroners that involve deat...

4. Recommendations recap - issue 7 [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   Recommendations recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 July and 30 September 2013 Issue 7 Published by the Ministry of Justice ISSN 2253‑5152 DISCLAIMER This publication has been produced by the research counsel of the Office of the Chief Coroner. The best effort has been made to accurately summarise the circumstances, findings and recommendations made by the coroner in each case – despite this, these are not exact replications of coronial findin

5. [2011] NZLCDT 9 Canterbury Standards Committee v X [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...direction in the form of an authority under R.8(1)(b), otherwise there is a breach of S.89, but the key finding to reach that point would be that there was no notification under R.8(2). As a consequence, our focus is on whether X complied with R.8(2) when he took fees from the estate’s trust account and from Mr S’s trust account, and whether the fee of September 2007 for $21,000 plus GST and disbursements to the W Estate was justifiable and reasonable. [15] The purpose of R.8...

6. LD v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Mental Injury) [2022] NZACC 199 [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...appellant had, for years, had financial strain and ongoing stress, his business had been under stress, and there was discussion of antidepressants. [9] On 8 March 2018, after the appellant finished work for the day, a fire occurred at his factory. When he arrived, the fire brigade was in attendance. After the fire, the appellant made an insurance claim in relation to the damage to his business 4 premises. There was a dispute with the insurers. Contemporaneous medical record...

7. Estate of Te Aonui v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2023] NZACC 147 [pdf, 375 KB]

   ...possible disc prolapse due to the injury back in October 2018. On examination, his back is a little stiff, bending causes pain down both legs. No obvious weakness. I think he needs an MRI scan to further investigate, leg pain post injury. Is someone able to approve this or advise if it will be funded. [21] Mr Te Aonui stopped working in April 2019. [22] An MRI scan was performed on 30 April 2019 with the radiologist, Dr McKewen, reporting: Multi level spondylosis. Chan...

8. McDonell v Burgess - Te Rongoroa Papakainga Maori Reservation (2023) 471 Aotea MB 9 (471 AOT 9) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...new trustees can take over. Might have to be at meetings.” “If you resign you still have to chair meetings.” Eliza then says: “He stands down as a trustee. Eliza R to hand things over.” And then: “We okay to leave, are we okay for someone else to take over the hui, have to leave.” [31] The hui then breaks for lunch and after kai turns to general business. Those remaining nominate as chair Jeanette McDonnell evidently on the basis that those present assumed that M...

9. Chief Coroner 2019-20 Annual Report [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...From aerial footage it was clear there were a number of deceased on the Island. Two were missing – and never to be recovered – and many more succumbed to their injuries over the coming days, weeks and months in hospital. Thirteen people died on 9 December 2019; another eight died between then and the end of January 2020, and one more died on 2 July 2020 in Germany. The Coronial Services team worked hard to quickly identify the deceased and return them to their families as so...

10. Coronial Services Annual Report 2016-2017 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

    ...ensure the integrity and effectiveness of the coronial system. This includes helping to achieve consistency in coronial decision-making and other coronial practices. Coroners are independent judicial officers with a legal background who investigate sudden, unexplained or suspicious deaths. They are based throughout the country with offices in Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Hastings, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Co ro ni al S er vi ce s A...