Belinda FeekOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Waikato·NZ Herald·13 Jul, 2026 06:00 AM6 mins to readCoroner Ian Telford is holding an inquest into the death of mother of three, Maria Neho, in February 2023. Photo / Tara ShaskeyA St John first responder says a woman who suffered what they would later discover to be a ruptured uterus during childbirth looked like she was in “excruciating pain” when she arrived at the scene.
Maria Hune Pirihira Neho, a mother of three, is believed to have died quickly
