Murupara woman killed in earthquake

It is understood at least one local person is among those trapped and feared dead following Christchurch's devastating earthquake.
The death toll from Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude quake is now 113, while 228 remain unaccounted for.
A woman from Murupara was inside the CTV building. It is understood she is of Ngati Manawa descent.
No further details were available.
Police have said there was no chance of survival at the CTV building, where up to 122 people are unaccounted for, including 90 international students and staff from private training school King's Education.
Meanwhile, as some were fleeing Christchurch after the quake, Rotorua mother Liz Fowler travelled south yesterday morning to see her daughter Amy Kindrew, son-in-law Ben and her 3-month-old granddaughter Lily in the quake-ravaged city.
"I just want to see them in the flesh," Mrs Fowler told The Daily Post.
Mrs Kindrew and her daughter were in the mothers' room at Riccarton Mall when the 6.3 magnitude struck on Tuesday and some of the roof collapsed. They managed to get out and were okay.
Mrs Fowler spoke to her daughter but wanted to see her so she booked a flight to Christchurch.
Mrs Fowler packed a suitcase full of bottled water, canned food and nappies. Although it weighed 30kg, Air New Zealand didn't charge her for the extra weight at check-in, she said. They even put the items in a separate box on board the Christchurch-bound plane.
Rotorua's Chloe Williams left for Christchurch last week and came home yesterday, crying when she saw her father Philip Williams at Rotorua Airport.
The 18-year-old, who is in her second year of studying psychology at Canterbury University, was coming out of a lecture when the quake struck. The walkway in front of her was swaying and she clung to the wall to stop falling over.
The former Western Heights High School student came home so there would be one less person in the student halls for the university to be responsible for.
Ironically, Miss Williams had only been in Christchurch a few days when the September 4 earthquake struck, and once again she had only been in Christchurch for a few days before Tuesday's quake hit.
Miss Williams said she didn't cope very well after the September earthquake last year, and was glad to be home.
She said she walked about 6km to Christchurch Airport as she didn't know if public transport was working.
But Miss Williams planned to head back to Christchurch when the university opened.
Taupo's Helen Patient, who arrived at Rotorua Airport yesterday from Christchurch, said she would be keeping her airline ticket as a memento.
Mrs Patient was on a flight from Rotorua to Christchurch on Tuesday. The arrival time in Christchurch on her ticket read 12.50pm. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck at 12.51pm.
Mrs Patient had planned to visit her mother who lives there, and her son, who was visiting from Australia.
She said the flight was late and they were about 60km away from Christchurch when the pilot told them he had lost all contact with the control tower in Christchurch. Apparently there had been a major earthquake and he wasn't able to land in Christchurch.
"I thought, 'Oh my God, I hope they have got enough fuel to take us where they were going'."
Passengers were taken to Queenstown where they were put up in a hotel for the night.
It was only back at the hotel that Mrs Patient became aware of the extent of the earthquake.
"I turned on the TV. It was just awful ... I was very grateful I wasn't there."
Mrs Patient was able to fly to Christchurch on Wednesday to see her mother who had gone to stay with Mrs Patient's brother after the quake. However, she wasn't able to see her son as he had been taken by Hercules to Wellington.
She was glad to be home but still felt a bit shaky.
At the airport yesterday Mrs Patient was presented with a small gift from Whakatane woman Elizabeth Lynch. Mrs Patient had been looking after Mrs Lynch's mother Rita, who was visiting from England.
Rita Lynch was on the same Rotorua to Christchurch flight on Tuesday when it was diverted to Queenstown.
Rita Lynch, who had intended going to Christchurch to visit her grandson but never made it, said she was feeling more shaky now.