Power cut off, woman dies

**James Deuce** · 1st June 2007, 11:42

Originally Posted by oldrider

Have you heard the latest joke circulating the world?..........It's... "New Zealand"!

I wouldn't worry about that too much. It is quite customary for those in the US without medical insurance to die the same way with no comment necessary. The fact that this is causing comment in NZ shows that our under-funded and under-staffed medical system may just be a bit better than most people think it is.

Never forget oldrider: the rest of the world barely knows about NZ, and could care less. If it isn't a sheep joke, they don't care.

**Sollyboy** · 1st June 2007, 18:52

They should blame KFC and McDonalds as much as the power company for her death ,she looked like she was on borrowed time anyway, imagine the hospital resources now freed up and not being wasted on her .
If that was my family member and the power company came round I would have phisically stopped them , if that was unavoidable I would have put a few leads together and sourced power from a neighbour , anything but sit there and do nothing anyway, so the whole thing has my bullshit meter going off the scale

**MadDuck** · 1st June 2007, 19:47

Originally Posted by Dynamytus50

Police are "investigating" at this stage which doesnt mean that they are charging someone. It is standard procedure for Police to attend all Sudden Deaths unless a Doctor is willing to sign of a cause of death which wouldnt happen in this case due to the publicity and unusual circumstances of her death.

Well I for one am sick of having my tax money spent in the wrong areas. They didnt pay the bill and if it was me they would have cut my power off too and deservedly so. We know our responsibilities in life. Its not as if it was thousands of dollars. They would have received notices of disconnection.

They will investigate and come up with a politically correct result because Ms Clarke has made a stupid announcement. Meanwhile I fall off my bike and cant get seen by a doctor for 30 hours....go figure!

**Brett** · 1st June 2007, 23:40

Pay the bloody bill and then all will be well. The key thing is that she died 2 hours later. The family could have taken her to a neighbours to plug the machine in, could have driven her somewhere, taken a bus, called an ambo...there were many other options. Blaming the power company is a damn cop out. i appreciate that things are hard for people at times, but hell, there were other options available. It was there own fault for not acting AT ANY POINT. If they knew their mum/wife was dependant on the oxygen, then they should have done somethingother than sing to her. PAY THE BILLS AND DON'T BLAME OTHERS.

**Beemer** · 1st June 2007, 23:54

I still can't see how the hell turning the power off can result in someone's death THREE hours later. It's not like she died within minutes, which is what would have happened if she truly was reliant on oxygen to live.

I see they are a religious family - what's the bet they tithe a portion of their income to the church. Surely the church could have stepped in and helped out, or their extended family. Or are they only able to beat their chests about the injustice of it all and call for heads to roll?

Looking at the rest of the family, in particular the lead guitarist and his sister, it will not be long before one of them drops dead from an obesity-induced heart attack. But the sad thing is, even if an autopsy proves she died of something other than oxygen deprivation, it will STILL be Mercury's fault in their eyes and the eyes of every other stupid fucking moron in NZ. I'm ashamed to be a journalist and bloody glad my last article was in a trucking magazine and not a newspaper!

At least they've still got their music. Wonder if she had any requests - like 'The Air That I Breathe', or 'Slipping Away From Me', or even my favourite, 'Another One Bites The Dust'. Maybe 'Love Is Like Oxygen' - yes, that's why the family sat and watched her die - they LOVED her!

**kerfufflez** · 2nd June 2007, 00:00

Originally Posted by Beemer

IAt least they've still got their music. Wonder if she had any requests - like 'The Air That I Breathe', or 'Slipping Away From Me', or even my favourite, 'Another One Bites The Dust'. Maybe 'Love Is Like Oxygen' - yes, that's why the family sat and watched her die - they LOVED her!

Anything by Air Supply was a favourite.

**Thomas** · 2nd June 2007, 00:05

Originally Posted by kerfufflez

Anything by Air Supply was a favourite.

What about The Power of Love? Or something by ELO?

**Beemer** · 2nd June 2007, 00:09

Or Sting and 'Every Breath You Take'? And what about that NZ band the La Di Dahs (or you could spell it The Lardy Arses in this case) and their song "How Is The Air Up There?"

**devnull** · 2nd June 2007, 00:21

Originally Posted by Speedie

They should cut power to most of South Auckland, that would sort out half our fucken crime problems and most of the burden on our medical system, and maybe those cunts will stop assaulting Ambo's when we go to help them. How much electricity in a hut in Samoa?

Hehe... I'd agree with that. I worked from Howick station, then Tamaki when it was first built (I'm showing my age)

**DEATH_INC.** · 2nd June 2007, 05:53

Originally Posted by MadDuck

Well I for one am sick of having my tax money spent in the wrong areas. They didnt pay the bill and if it was me they would have cut my power off too and deservedly so. We know our responsibilities in life. Its not as if it was thousands of dollars. They would have received notices of disconnection.

They will investigate and come up with a politically correct result because Ms Clarke has made a stupid announcement. Meanwhile I fall off my bike and cant get seen by a doctor for 30 hours....go figure!

I've got no sympathy for 'em. I gotta pay, you gotta pay, they gotta pay. PAY YOUR FARKIN BILLS....no problems....

Originally Posted by oldrider

Have you heard the latest joke circulating the world?..........It's... "New Zealand"!

Thats not new, it's been a joke for years...

**LilSel** · 2nd June 2007, 07:03

From herald 'Their apology yesterday, with fine mats and a $10,000 cheque for the funeral, would have gone some way to assuaging the hurt.'

There goes my bonus!!!

10k...?!

**Grahameeboy** · 2nd June 2007, 07:03

Agree with all that is said.......an unnecessary death which could have been avoided.................just like a biker who rides too fast, ignores the obvious signs..........but posts say RIP, Condolences to Family or ............................

Whatever these guys did wrong let her RIP.....................

**Grahameeboy** · 2nd June 2007, 07:04

Originally Posted by DEATH_INC.

I've got no sympathy for 'em. I gotta pay, you gotta pay, they gotta pay. PAY YOUR FARKIN BILLS....no problems....

Thats not new, it's been a joke for years...

Well all I can say is that NZ is a good joke............doesn't say much for the rest of the world

**Skyryder** · 2nd June 2007, 09:06

Originally Posted by LilSel

From herald 'Their apology yesterday, with fine mats and a $10,000 cheque for the funeral, would have gone some way to assuaging the hurt.'

There goes my bonus!!!

10k...?!

Or Mercury's guilt. I'm going to give Mercury the benifit of the doubt on this. I think they are generaly trying to lesson the tradgedy. I'd would like to think that their condolences to the family are genuine and not some PR.

I'm not as forgiving to Helen Clark on this. She was one of the Labour's major proponets of Rodgernomics and for her to come out and say Mercury Energy had a "hard-nosed commercial attitude and, frankly, I don't want to be responsible for a state-owned enterprise that makes money out of misery".
I find a little more than galling.

Having said that it appears that the family had until early June to pay the final installment of the debt. I can not help but wonder what was going on behind the scenes with this but after reading many of the comments about the family in this thread it does not take a rocket scientist to work that out.

Have a happy QB weekend guys.

Skyryder