A coronial inquiry into the case of a Whakatane woman who went missing 31 years ago has begun in Australia.
Linda Davie was 22 and living in Sydney at the time of her disappearance in 1980. She had lived in Whakatane as a young child and attended Apanui Primary School, Whakatane Intermediate and Whakatane High School.
After leaving school, Ms Davie had travelled in Europe, taking time off from her university studies. She had spent about two years in Australia, working as a waitress, until she disappeared.
The last known person who saw her alive was her boyfriend, Stephen Lavender, whom she visited in hospital on April 6.
A letter was delivered to Mr Lavender a few days later from Ms Davie saying she was "going away for a few days" and she would see him in "the middle of the week".