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Detectives and ESR staff on the Waipukurau property of Ngaire McKenzie after she was found killed by her ex-partner. (File photo)
No-one is to blame for the death of Ngaire McKenzie other than the man who killed her.
And while a coroner’s report on her death encourages agencies to do more work publicising the “red flags” of domestic coercive control, the National Network of Family Violence says it remains a “fundamental concern” that women and their friends are expected to be alert to the signs rather than insisting the men involved stop their violence or get help.
Murray Daley, described by coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale as an “intensely needy, self-absorbed, repetitive and badgering” man, formed a relationship with McKenzie in 2014.