Death by disconnection: the missing public health voice in newspaper coverage of a fuel poverty-related death

Figures & data

Table 1  Themes and sub-themes in articles discussing Mrs Muliaga.

Themes	Sub-themes
Personal tragedy	Descriptions of the death
	Grief
	Mrs Muliaga's personal attributes
	Attributes of the family
Conflicting	Police investigation
evidence	Company investigation
	Coroner's inquiry
	Family account
	Medical information about Mrs Muliaga
	Medical information about home oxygen use
Institutionalised	Immigration
racism	Cultural sensitivity of police
	Samoan cultural obligations
Responsibility	Personal responsibility
	Corporate responsibility
	Social or community responsibility
	Political responsibility
	Conflicting legislation
	Health service provider

Figure 1  Use of Mrs Muliaga's personal attributes in major New Zealand newspapers.

Figure 2  Attribution of responsibility for Mrs Muliaga's death in the media.

Figure 3  Major New Zealand newspaper articles containing ‘fuel poverty’ or ‘energy poverty’ compared with ‘poverty’.