However, the 'Global Associated News' website is a fake, set up specifically for circulating false stories.
Duvall has joined a growing list of celebrities falsely declared dead after falling at Kauri Cliffs.
Outrageous Fortune star Robyn Malcolm was "sickened'' to learn she had "died'' at Kauri Cliffs in a fake report last year.
She joins an esteemed list of celebrity death hoaxes at the beauty spot, including Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Jeff Goldblum, Orlando Bloom and Russell Crowe.
Also wrongly proclaimed dead this month - though not in New Zealand - include funnyman Bill Cosby, 'Science Guy' Bill Nye, and John Cena who "died'' while practicing a move with The Rock.