Her mother, Harriet Nicholson, 60 years old, and her partner, Helen Tamaki, 43, were pulled from the sinking, upside-down helicopter but later died from complications of near drowning.

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Also killed were Marra's mother, Harriet Nicholson, who was also British but lived in Portugal, and domestic partner, Helen Tamaki, who was a citizen of New Zealand but lived in Sydney.

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"No amount of money can bring back a lost childhood, a destroyed culture or a shattered faith, " lawyer Blaine Tamaki, who represented about 90 victims in the case, said in a statement.

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Also, in the August 2009 elections, Denny Tamaki, a former radio deejay with a fondness for rock-and-roll, won a seat in the Lower House, representing a district in Naha, the capital of Okinawa prefecture, located south of the main Japanese islands.

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