Port worker killed in Gisborne was Shannon Rangihuna

Thursday, 11 October 2018

The woman killed in a workplace incident at Eastland Port this week was Shannon Brooke Rangihuna, of Gisborne.

Rangihuna, 29, also known as Shannon Rangihuna-Kemp, died on Monday when a log struck her after it fell off a falling shuttle truck, just before 9am.

The death resulted in the port, based in Gisborne, to be closed for the day as a mark of respect and to allow colleagues time to reflect and grieve.

Rangihuna was employed by the log marshalling and stevedoring company, ISO.

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'This is a close-knit team in a close-knit community, and we're shattered,' Eastland Port's general manager Andrew Gaddum said at the time.

'Our thoughts are with her whānau, friends and work mates. We will do everything we can to support the many people who have been so deeply affected by this loss.'

A death notice for Rangihuna said she was lying at Muriwai Marae.

A poroporoaki would be held there on Thursday.

A tangihanga service would be held on Friday at 11am, followed by interment at a whānau urupā, it said.

WorkSafe is investigating the death.