Taupo's coroner has ruled the death of a young Taupo woman who fell off a cliff into the Waikato River last year was accidental drowning.
Coroner Morna McFarlane said Kelly Moira Gillard, 16, fell from a cliff into the Waikato River near Taupo's Cherry Island on November 1, 2003.
Mrs McFarlane endorsed any future action by community or emergency services to regularly communicate about potential and actual danger spots in the district.
- NZPA
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