14 Feb 2011

Funeral held for food poisoning victim

6:25 pm on 14 February 2011

A funeral has been held for a New Zealand woman who died from food poisoning in Thailand.

Sarah Carter, 23, died in hospital on 6 February after eating at a market in Chiang Mai.

Two friends were also hospitalised, one of them needing heart surgery.

Ms Carter's body was returned from Thailand last week.

Her funeral was held in the Auckland suburb of Howick on Monday.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday in Wellington where Ms Carter lived and worked as an accountant.