Last updated22:30, August 16 2017

Sunday Star-Times

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of the death of a New Zealander in the Cook Islands.

A much loved Waikato wife and mother has died in the Cook Islands.

Michelle Robertson, aged 37, died while in Rarotonga on Saturday, August 5.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of the death of a New Zealander in the Cook Islands.

"The Ministry is unable to provide information about the matter due to privacy considerations," a MFAT spokesperson said.

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"Goodbyes hurt the most, when the story was not finished," a funeral notice printed in the Waikato Times said.

Robertson was farewelled in a funeral service held at St Peter's Catholic Church in Cambridge on Wednesday, August 16, followed by a private cremation.

-Stuff

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