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EPISODE · Jun 8, 2026 · 4 MIN

Student's death at mental health ward was preventable, coroner rules

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The parents of a 21-year-old university student who died by suicide in Palmerston North Hospital's mental health ward hope their long wait for the coroner's report into her death will result in change. The coroner found Erica Hume's death in 2014 was preventable if staff had followed policies and procedures. Jimmy Ellingham reports.

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