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Thai authorities say they have been investigating the death of New Zealander Sarah Carter in Chiang Mai but still can't say what killed her.
Carter, 23, was one of four tourists who died while staying at the same hotel over a three-week period in February.
Thai authorities say they cannot say for sure that food poisoning was the cause of death.
A city-wide inspection of restaurants and hotels has been ordered.
Carter, 23, and her two friends were staying in the same hotel in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand when they were taken ill. They were admitted to hospital where Carter later died.
The death was initially blamed on some toxic seaweed Carter had eaten from a market-place, but this was later disputed.
Carter's friend Amanda Eliason, 24, from Kaponga in Taranaki, underwent emergency surgery as a toxin also attacked her heart. She is said to be recovering well.
Their other friend Emma Langlands, 23, was not in as serious a condition.
Just days before the friends were taken ill, a 47-year old Thai woman was found dead in the same hotel, allegedly in the room next door to the girls.
She is believed to have had an existing medical condition, but a post-mortem was being carried out to determine the cause of death.
A few days after Carter died, a British couple, believed to be in their 70s, checked into the hotel and were found dead in their rooms more than a week later.
An autopsy was being carried out on the pair, but police said there was no evidence of fighting or an attack. Media reports from Thailand suggested they both died of heart attacks at the same time.
The hotel's acting manager, Vinai Julsiri, said the deaths were just a coincidence, and there was nothing wrong with the business.
Police said they were looking into all the deaths although there was no indication they were linked.
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