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Brianna McElwraith

Brianna McIlraith is a Queenstown-based Open Justice reporter for the New Zealand Herald, covering courts in the lower South Island.

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Sep 29, 2026

Maggots and missed cancer revealed in damning rest home investigation

Sep 29 · 15m

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Yeah.

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So this was a 94 year old woman who was living at the rest home.

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So she was in the care facility.

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This was back in 2022.

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And so she had a recent hospitalisation for some illnesses, including heart failure.

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And then she had issues with her mobility and also some wounds.

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So her skin was very fragile, like dry and itchy.

3:59

And then complaint two, when we're talking about things being missed, it was alleged that they missed this woman's entire breast cancer.