Calls are growing for the case of Libby McKay to be reopened.
New evidence questioning how the Christchurch woman was thought to have died has been handed to Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall today.
Libby's mother, Pauline Webby, has been on a five-year journey searching for the truth since her daughter's death.
"At the inquest hearing the coroner left it open for me to find new evidence and bring it back to the coroner's court for them to reassess," Ms Webby told 1 NEWS.
The Motueka Valley based mother flew up to Auckland today, carrying with her an expert report.
"I think it needs to be delivered to her office, in person, so I know that its got where it needs to go," she explains.
Libby McKay died in 2013 of a serious head injury.
Police and the coroner accepted her boyfriend's explanation – that she'd fallen from his car.
But analysis by Australian forensic experts, revealed on TVNZ’s Sunday programme, found that version of events "untenable". And forensic testing of her clothes found no evidence they'd hit the road.
Her boyfriend told police Libby had fallen from his car. But for Libby's mother, serious questions need answering.
Nelson MP Nick Smith says there are questions "that need to be answered" and has asked Police Commissioner Mike Bush to reopen the case.
"My plea to the commissioner is to hear the voice of this family. The death of the young woman cannot be explained by the evidence that has been heard to date, the inquiry needs to be reopened the coroner needs to look again, the facts simply do not stack up," Mr Smith says.
Police have confirmed to 1 NEWS a review of their investigation into McKay's death has been handed to the Chief Coroner, at her request.
It includes a reconstruction not seen by the original coroner, where the jacket on a crash dummy was shredded. Ultimately, police say the findings were not able to establish criminal liability.
Both Ms Webby and police will now wait on the Chief Coroner to carry out a review.
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