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NZ Coroner Urges Safety Standards, Ban on Infant Pods

5/19/2026

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Coroner Meenal Duggal urged New Zealand ministries to set safety standards for infant sleep devices after a baby died in a sleeping pod.
She confirmed Bohdi Rangi-Taylor died in September 2022 in Hawke’s Bay when placed prone in the pod, attributing death to suffocation.
Prof Edwin Mitchell said prone sleeping, blankets and soft-sided pods raise SUDI risk and recommended a voluntary recall and eventual ban.

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Coroner Meenal Duggal urged New Zealand ministries to set safety standards for infant sleep devices after a baby died in a sleeping pod.
She confirmed Bohdi Rangi-Taylor died in September 2022 in Hawke’s Bay when placed prone in the pod, attributing death to suffocation.
Prof Edwin Mitchell said prone sleeping, blankets and soft-sided pods raise SUDI risk and recommended a voluntary recall and eventual ban.