New Zealand’s first chief coroner, Neil MacLean, undertook several reforms of the system. New Zealand’s first chief coroner, Judge Neil MacLean, is being remembered for his compassion, the reforms he led and his moves towards more open discussions of suicide. Judge MacLean died on Friday. Coroner Sue Johnson said he did an extraordinary amount of work updating the coronial system when he was appointed New Zealand’s Chief Coroner in 2007. John Kirk-Anderson/Stuff Chief coroner Judge Neil MacLean during the inquest into the nine people who remain unidentified of those killed in the CTV building collapse during the Christchurch earthquake.

Source: Stuff November 21, 2022 02:20 UTC