News 16 Ashburton Guardian
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Saturday, August 17, 2013
Family hanging on Coroner’s finding BY HAMISH MCNEILLY A coroner’s finding into the death of a former Dunedin woman - whose family believe was killed rather than she killed herself - is set to be revealed next week. Nadine Ana Haag, 33, was found dead in her Sydney apartment on December 3, 2009. Police later concluded Nadine
took her own life after a suicide note, pills and razor was found at the scene. Yesterday, a spokesman for the New South Wales coroner confirmed the finding would be released next Friday, following a five-day inquest in August 2012. Following that confirmation, Mss Haag’s Dunedin-based family issued a statement saying “This has been a long and har-
rowing process with the fourth anniversary of Nadine’s death in less than four months”. “While we are eager for the coroner’s finding to be released, we understand that his decision dictates the path of our family’s future.” The finding would determine if the case would be re-opened. “We do not believe that Nadine committed suicide, so are
hoping for a finding that would warrant further investigations.” Family members in Dunedin were hopeful of attending the release of the coroner’s finding. Last year’s inquest was the cumulation of the family’s own three-year investigation following Nadine’s death. Evidence gathered by her siblings, who moved to Australia in the 1990s, included the discov-
ery of a concealed message with the suicide note saying “He did it”. This was found sealed in a police evidence bag and not opened until Nadine’s sisters gave statements at the Castle Hill Police Station on December 24, 2009. That same message was also found etched into a tile of Nadine’s bathroom by the property’s new tenants. -APNZ
Interaction aplenty at fundraiser BY GABRIELLE STUART GABRIELLE.S@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ
The levels of participation at a Scared Scriptless performance in Methven left the visiting Christchurch actors asking if everyone in the audience knew each other – and in the small town, it’s quite likely that everyone did. There was plenty of interaction and a lot of laughter as the town turned out for the Methven Toy Library fundraiser on Thursday evening. One of the highlights of the evening was a prolapsed cow uterus turned Shakespearian drama, which delighted the rural audience. President Jo Newport said that it was too early to say how much the evening raised, but with over 150 people attending and the Methven Resort hosting the evening for free, the figures were looking good. Funds raised from the night would go towards replacing some of the larger toys in the library, which is used by a network of more than 60 families around Methven to access toys that they often couldn’t otherwise afford.
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Rita’s 102 and still keen to try new things BY MYLES HUME
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Even at 102, Rita Turtill is not afraid to try something new Ashburton’s eldest resident
this week joined her daughter Judy Glen at Indian Minar where she was served up her first ever traditional Indian meal by business owner Imran
Khan. “It will be my first time, I think it’ll be quite flavoursome,” Ms Turtill said before digging in to her chicken korma.
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Ms Glen said her mother has always been an adventurous woman, and was surprised she had never given Indian food a try.