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Maritime New Zealand will not be laying charges against anyone in relation to the five people killed after a boat capsized near Kaikōura.
In releasing its

Maritime New Zealand will not be laying charges against anyone in relation to the five people killed when a boat capsized near Kaikōura.

No one will be prosecuted over the fatal capsizing of a boat carrying bird watchers off the coast of Kaikōura last year.

Five people were killed in the incident last year.

An investigation found the five who died all showed symptoms of petrol exposure, consistent with inhalation and absorption of petrol fumes, an interim report shows.

The owners of recreational boats can't be forced to improve their maintenance in the wake of safety concerns arising from the loss of five lives, an industry expert says.

Police have named the five people who died when a vessel - chartered for a birdwatching trip - overturned in Goose Bay, Kaikōura.

Police have released the names of the five people who died when a boat capsized in Goose Bay, Kaikōura, last weekend.
They were Catherine Margaret Haddock,