When someone dies - A guide to the Coronial services of New Zealand
Coroners Court - When someone dies - A guide to the Coronial Services of New Zealand
The Coronial Services of New Zealand has produced a brochure to help you understand the processes involved when a death is referred to a coroner. This can be viewed on screen through the links below, or it can be downloaded from this website by clicking on one of the PDF links:
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- People Involved
- Interests of the Family
- The Process
- Why Police become involved in a death
- Role of the Coroner
- Post-mortem
- Inquiry
- Inquest
- Suicide
- Practical Issues
- Support for Bereaved Families
When Someone Dies - A guide to the Coronial Services of New Zealand
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- English (PDF, 351Kb) (View HTML version)
- Māori (PDF, 268Kb) (View HTML version)
- Chinese (PDF, 603Kb)
- Khmer (PDF, 507Kb)
- Korean (PDF, 455Kb)
- Samoan (PDF, 269Kb) (View HTML version)
- Somali (PDF, 256Kb) (View HTML version)
- Tongan (PDF, 253Kb) (View HTML version)
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