Mrs Kudeweh was a highly respected member of staff, with more than 20 years' experience, who was married to Richard and together had children Billy, 9, and Sage, 3.
Before joining the team in Hamilton, she had spent eight years at Auckland Zoo and two years at Melbourne and Werribee Zoo's. Before working in zoo, she completed a BSc at Auckland University.
Mr Vervoort earlier confirmed that Oz would not be euthanised following the attack stating that although there was an "inherent risk for zoo professionals who manage big cats like Oz, there is no wider ongoing risk".
Although it is the first fatal attack at the zoo it's not the first time a staff member has found themselves alone in the enclosure with a tiger.
In March 2013, a female keeper entered an enclosure she thought was empty and found herself alone with Sumatran tiger Sali.
She was able to exit without being harmed.
Mr Vervoort this afternoon announced there will be three areas of focus for its review; optimum staffing levels and staff structure, its animal enclosures and animal management procedures and its current health and safety procedures.
Council was still currently advertising for an independent consultant to carry out the review which is estimated to cost about $80,000.
Mr Vervoort wouldn't be drawn on the incident itself and how Oz and Mrs Kudeweh came to be in the enclosure.
"The key things that we expect the consultants to look at, best practice across the zoo industry, especially cross Australasia and possibly further afield. We're expecting that they will liaise with other staff at other zoos of a similar size to Hamilton zoo but just remembering that they need to liaise with our own staff."
However, he admitted that council had identified flaws in its current Health and Safety procedures after its internal investigation but he wouldn't comment on how many faults or what areas the faults were found.
"We are working through that, there are a number of areas that we are looking at."
Mr Vervoort said the review would not include scrutiny of the zoo's participation in the international breeding programme as it was a project they were committed to.
"I have to say Sam's tragic death has left a hole. She was probably one of the Southern Hemisphere's leading people in rhinos and other species conservation programme so that has left a hole."
Mr Vervoort said they had received a large amount of support from zoo staff around New Zealand, including Auckland Zoo, to help fill Mrs Kudeweh's role.
Visitor numbers at the zoo had been higher than usual since Mrs Kudeweh's death, he said.
The findings of their internal report had just been finalised and will be forwarded to Worksafe for their investigation.
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