Whānau heartbroken over death at Northland s Cable Bay ruled preventable by coroner
11 Apr, 2021 05:30 PM
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Kaeo-born Wairongoa Renata was 54 when he drowned at Cable Bay. Photo / supplied
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
The partner of a soldier who died at a Far North beach trying to rescue children swept out to sea is heartbroken to learn the tragedy could have been prevented. Wairongoa Renata, 54, better known as Magoo or Tickety-Boo, drowned at Cable Bay in January 2018 after swimming out to help his daughter, then aged 11, and other children in distress in the water.
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A coroner s report is a reminder of the red flags that could point to a domestic violence death
A coroner s report is a reminder of the red flags that could point to a domestic violence death 2 April 2021
Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale concluded 58-year-old Murray Daley killed his partner 61-year-old Ngaire McKenzie, and then committed suicide at her Waipukurau home in 2017.
The report detailed Daley s controlling and manipulative behaviour and said the death s an example of when danger signs are not seen for what they are.
National Network of Family Violence services chief executive Merran Lawler says the Coroner raises public awareness of red flags.
Family violence red flags raised in Hawke s Bay murder-suicide
1 Apr, 2021 05:18 PM
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The Waipukurau home where Ngaire Ellen McKenzie, 61, and Murray James Daley, 58, were found dead in June 2017. Photo / File
The Waipukurau home where Ngaire Ellen McKenzie, 61, and Murray James Daley, 58, were found dead in June 2017. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
A coroner s findings have uncovered harrowing details of a man who took his life after strangling his ex-partner with her own necklace and violently killing her dog.
The murder-suicide findings released this week by Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale relate to the deaths of Ngaire Ellen McKenzie, 61, and Murray James Daley, 58, at McKenzie s home in Jellicoe St, Waipukurau, on June 3, 2017.
Danger exacerbated: Coroner calls for drivers to stay off road after drinking, using drugs after avoidable death of Blenheim sheep shearer
23 Feb, 2021 02:24 AM
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Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
A sheep shearer who died after he crashed his car near Blenheim was almost four times over the legal alcohol limit and had cannabis in his system - prompting calls from a Coroner for drivers to abstain from driving after consuming booze and drugs.
Ross Jones Wallace aka Puna, 53, died in a crash on July 12 after he failed to take a bend and rolled into a vineyard.