Casey Nathan and Hayden Tukiri.
The lead maternity carer of a woman who died after giving birth and of her son who died two days later told an inquest a family member threatened her saying: "You are going to pay for this, I'll hunt you down.''
The woman, whose identity and whereabouts have been suppressed
by coroner Garry Evans, appeared via videolink this morning at the inquest into the 2012 deaths of Casey Nathan and her newborn son Kymani.
She began sobbing when she described the moment when Casey Nathan fainted while she was in a birthing pool as her labour started to prolong.
"Up until this time all observations of Casey and baby appeared to be normal,'' she said.
The woman said while the baby's head was coming out it was difficult to trace his pulse.
