Ata mārie,  

The mother of a psychiatric patient who died in a Samoan prison is turning to the government for help one last time. 

It's been almost seven years since Hans Dalton's body was found half-submerged in a water drum in a Tafa'igata prison cell. 

The 38-year-old was holidaying with family when Cyclone Evan struck and he missed a dose of his medication.  

His family took him to the hospital in Apia but his mental health continued to deteriorate and he was eventually put in a prison cell. 

Efforts to find out how he died through a coronial inquest held last year were severely hampered by Samoan authorities, who refused to cooperate. 

Mr Dalton's whānau celebrated his 45th birthday last month; they are still waiting and hoping for answers. 

More on Morning Report 

Tomatoes, refugees and modern slaves 

The shocking story of what happens when refugees land in Italy, and the connection with your spaghetti Bolognese. 

But after listening to The Detail today, you might hesitate about picking the imported variety off a supermarket shelf. 

The Italian mafia is making millions by exploiting migrants. And we’re helping them by buying cheap Italian tomatoes. 

Austrian countess fined over NZ land purchase  

Countess Veronika Leeb-Goess-Saurau made headlines when she bought Hadleigh Station in 2018, paying $13.4 million for what was seen as a "showpiece property" of 1727 hectares of sensitive land, 15 minutes' drive from Masterton. 

The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) told RNZ she bought the land without the proper authority, but it issued her retrospective consent and fined her just $10,000 - less than 0.1 percent of the purchase price. 

It also found the New Zealand businessman who set up the land deal for the countess committed a breach of OIO rules, but it said it had no power to take action against him.   

That story is part of Green Rush, a series by Guyon Espiner and Kate Newton looking at forestry and land ownership in New Zealand.  

Listen to the story on Morning Report 

KiwiSaver providers' fees under scrutiny 

KiwiSaver providers will have to justify the swelling size of the fees they charge investors, as the financial regulator cracks down. 

The Financial Markets Authority's (FMA) annual review of KiwiSaver found providers collected 15 percent more in fees in the year ended March, totalling $480 million. 

Meanwhile, the number of people contributing to KiwiSaver rose 3 percent in the year to $2.9m, increasing total funds by 17 percent to $57 billion.   

The amount withdrawn by first home buyers also increased, as did the number pulling their funds for hardship reasons. 

'He was a very happy young man' 

The stepfather of a Canterbury University student whose body lay undiscovered at a hall of residence for weeks says he put the lack of contact during that time down to his son's busy student lifestyle. 

The body of 19-year-old Mason Pendrous was only found in September when his friend climbed onto the roof at the halls of residence where the teenager lived and looked into his missing friend's room. 

His stepfather Anthony Holland told Checkpoint he tried to contact his son many times by text, email and phone, but he put the lack of response down to typical teenager behaviour, until his son's mobile was disconnected. 

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