Coroner referral criteria page 2:
Coroners Act (after Coroners Amendment Act 2016) s14(2)
Deaths that must be reported under section 13(2)
2(e) A death in official custody or care:
(These categories are defined in section 9: Interpretation):
(a) a patient who is required to be detained in an institution pursuant to an order under section 9 of the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966 (whether or not the death occurred in the institution):
(b) a child or young person who has been placed in a residence within the meaning of section 2(1) or 364 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 (whether or not the death occurred in the residence):
(c) a child or young person who—
- is in the custody or care of an iwi social service, a cultural social service, a residential disability care operator, or the director of a child and family support service pursuant to section 43, 78, 101, 102, 110, 139, 140, 141, 142, 234, 238, or 345 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989; or
- is in the charge of any person or organisation pursuant to section 362 of that Act:
(e) a care recipient or proposed care recipient within the meaning of section 5(1) of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003* (whether or not the death occurred in the facility concerned):
(f) a prisoner within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 2004 (whether or not the death occurred in the prison concerned):
(g) a person in the custody of the New Zealand Police:
(h) a person under the control of a security officer (as defined in section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 2004):
(i) a resident within the meaning of section 3 of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014**
* This refers essentially to "compulsory care and rehabilitation for persons who have an intellectual disability and who are charged with, or convicted of, an offence;"
** Refers essentially to a person aged 18 years or older who is under compulsory detention or supervision for a serious sexual or violent offence.