Incident highlights administrative failures in regulating hazardous activities at public gatherings, despite a 2022 Santipur ...

A YOUNG mum tragically died after inhaling helium at her daughter’s first birthday party. Faith Waterman Batistich had been breathing from helium-filled balloons to make her voice sound ...

A coroner has called for better warnings on helium canisters after a young mum died from inhaling the gas in balloons at her daughter’s first birthday party. The 20-year-old Bay of Plenty woman died ...

Helium gas is colourless ... “A tank plus the balloons retail for around $45-$70. The sale of helium canisters/cylinders is unregulated in New Zealand,” the coroner said.

Members of the group began inhaling helium from the balloons to ... helium from a cylinder/canister given the amount that can enter the body due to the pressurised gas.” Photos of the canister ...

Faith Waterman Batistich died just an hour after inhaling helium at her baby's first birthday party, with her devastated family now speaking out about the tragedy ...

Guests had been inflating balloons with a helium canister ... helium from a cylinder/canister given the amount that can enter the body due to the pressurised gas,’ Dunn said the hazard warnings ...

The mother-of-two had been inhaling from helium filled balloons to ... helium from a cylinder/canister given the amount that can enter the body due to the pressurised gas,' Coroner Dunn said.