Less than two weeks after being made a New Zealand citizen, Lusi Aleni-Faamoe Ioane died in her Balclutha home.
Lusi Aleni-Faamoe Ioane was yesterday named as the Balclutha woman who died on Monday in what police earlier this week described as a domestic incident.
Mrs Faamoe Ioane cried as she made her oath of allegiance - under the name Lusi Aleni - when she and three other family members became citizens at a ceremony on September 22.
She told the Otago Daily Times at the ceremony she was happy and relieved to become a New Zealand citizen.
Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan yesterday described the incident as a tragedy, and said his thoughts were with the family.