Patient missing up to five hours found dead in Waikato Hospital toilet

Belinda FeekOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Waikato·NZ Herald·4 Sep, 2026 05:00 PM4 mins to read‌NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Saturday, September 5, 2026.

One of New Zealand’s most celebrated cartoonists, Peter Bromhead, has died aged 93. Video / NZ HeraldA patient at Waikato Hospital was missing for up to five hours before he was found dead in a toilet across the hall from his room.

It comes one month after Coroner Donna Llewell closed her inquiry into the 2019 death of diabetic Hamilton man Colin Clarkson, who wandered off

Patient missing up to five hours found dead in Waikato Hospital toilet

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