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Police investigate death of woman on Southland farm

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Mon, 6 Jul 2015, 1:38PM
A 32 year old woman's body was found by a tractor around 5pm yesterday (Getty Images)
A 32 year old woman's body was found by a tractor around 5pm yesterday (Getty Images)

Police investigate death of woman on Southland farm

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Mon, 6 Jul 2015, 1:38PM

Police are investigating the death of a woman who had been feeding cattle on a Southland farm.

The 32-year-old woman's body was found lying near a tractor in a winter feed paddock on the property in Kaiwera, near Gore, just after 5pm yesterday.

The discovery was made by a family member.

Police say she had been feeding balage to cattle on the family property.

Both police and Worksafe investigators are trying to establish what happened.

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