The veteran Cook Islands-born broadcaster Elma Maua has died in Wellington at the age of 62.
She died after a long illness that forced her to retire as sports editor of Radio New Zealand International earlier this year.
One of New Zealand's first Pacific Island journalists, Ms Maua also worked for Radio New Zealand and Niu FM. In 1999, she briefly returned to her native island of Rarotonga to work in the Prime Minister's Office.