Hanna had contacted private investigator

The health chief who died in mysterious circumstances at her Remuera home had contacted a private investigator, the police inquiry has discovered.

Pauline Hanna, 63, was found dead in her home a month ago and detectives remain tight-lipped about the inquiry, saying her death remains “unexplained”.

Several private investigators have told the Herald that police have contacted them in a bid to confirm if Hanna had enlisted their services.

One investigator, who asked not to be named, said he received an email from a detective on April 12 — one week after Hanna’s death on Easter

Monday. “It stated they had information suggesting that the deceased had engaged the services of a private investigator and had we worked for her — we had not. But there was also a note found at the house that said ‘private investigator’ and the name ‘James’ on it,” he said.

A second private investigator said he was also asked if they had worked for Hanna.

“I remember getting a call about was she a client, had she been a client. The answer was no,” he said. “I’d never heard of this woman before I read she had died in the papers.”

Police swarmed into a property in Remuera on April 5.

Police went door-to-door residents for information. H

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