The Coroners Act 2006 is an Act of the

Parliament of New Zealand The New Zealand Parliament ( mi, Pāremata Aotearoa) is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the King of New Zealand (King-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives. The King is usually represented by hi ...

which completely reformed the Coronal services and introduced the office of Chief Coroner and clarified matters related the working conditions of coroners and their remuneration. Coroners inquests in

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are

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rather than adversarial; they are fact-finding exercises rather than methods of apportioning guilt. The Act was prompted by a 2000

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report which recommended a number of changes.

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New Zealand Law Commission Report 62: Coroners, August 2000

Statutes of New Zealand Coroners 2006 in New Zealand law Death in New Zealand

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