Status: Completed
Project overview
This project drew together the major themes of reconciling the public interest in effective determination of the cause of death with the particular cultural, religious and personal beliefs of many New Zealanders, and enabling systematic comparison of coronial experience nationwide by the establishment of the office of Chief Coroner.
Status: Completed
Preliminary Paper
Coroners: A Review (NZLC PP36, 1999)
The Commission's Preliminary Paper, Coroners: A Review (NZLC PP36, 1999).
Status: Completed
Report
Coroners (NZLC R62, 2000)
The Commission's Report, Coroners (NZLC R62, 2000).
Status: Completed
Government response
Recommendations were reflected in the Coroners Act 2006.
There was no requirement for the Government to present a formal response to Commission reports before April 2009.
See Official Government response process | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC).