Home / New ZealandBrianna McIlraithOpen Justice Reporter·NZ Herald·31 May, 2026 05:00 PM4 mins to read‌David Fairclough died earlier this year while changing a tractor tyre on his farm. Photo / Bonnie FaircloughDavid Fairclough died earlier this year while changing a tractor tyre on his farm. Photo / Bonnie FaircloughFarmer David Fairclough regularly changed his own tractor tyres.So when one was flat earlier this year, “Clever Dave” as he was known to friends and family, got to work.But that day, the job proved fatal.

Fairclough’s neighbour found him curled up inside the tyre with his head

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