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Some child abuse cases in NZ - since Section 59 amended

Mother jailed for assaulting kids

Hall of Shame
Mother jailed for assaulting kids
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3111544/Mother-jailed-for-assaulting-kids
NZPA
A woman who repeatedly assaulted her three children, including a one-year-old boy, has been jailed for 3-1/2 years.
The 41-year-old woman has name suppression to protect the identity of her children. She was found guilty by a jury last month on nine counts of assault with a weapon [...]

Woman jailed over injuries to child

Hall of shame

Woman jailed over injuries to child
NZPA

Last updated 12:42 27/11/2009

A woman convicted of inflicting head injuries to her then three-year-old son has been told he is likely to need care for the rest of his life.
Itupa Julie Mikaio, 40, was today sentenced to a total of five years’ jail on three charges [...]

Father found guilty of 11-week-old’s murder

Hall of Shame:
Father found guilty of 11-week-old’s murder
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3034435/Father-found-guilty-of-11-week-olds-murder
A South Auckland man accused of starving, beating and finally killing his 11-week-old daughter has been found guilty of murder.
The 12 day trial for Azees Mahomed, 31, and his wife Tabbasum Mahomed, 26, came to a close at Auckland’s High Court yesterday morning.
The six-woman and five-man jury deliberated [...]

Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Essential

MEDIA RELEASE
29 October 2009
Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Essential
‘How many more children have to die before we do something?’
Family First NZ is repeating its call for a Commission of Enquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse and deaths in NZ.
The call comes following the suspected child abuse death of Wanganui toddler Karl [...]

Dead baby’s parents bugged by police

This is Child Abuse and this is what the Government and society needs to be bringing to an end:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2981151/Dead-babys-parents-bugged-by-police
Dead baby’s parents bugged by police
By CLIO FRANCIS – The Dominion Post
A couple accused of starving and beating their 11-week-old baby were caught after police secretly recorded [...]

Child death probe upgraded to homicide

Child death probe upgraded to homicide
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2933240/Child-death-probe-upgraded-to-homicide
Stuff.co.nz

Last updated 16:54 05/10/2009

Police are treating the death of a Waikato toddler last month as a homicide.
Hail-Sage McClutchie, 22 months, died in Waikato Hospital on September 27 after being taken there by ambulance from Morrinsville the day before.
Acting Waikato crime services manager Inspector Russell Le Prou said expert [...]

Northland mother charged with daughter’s murder

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2817783/Northland-mother-charged-with-daughters-murder
Northland mother charged with daughter’s murder
By CLIO FRANCIS – Stuff.co.nz
A Northland mother has been charged with the murder of her two-year-old daughter.
The 32-year-old woman – who has name suppression – appeared before Judge Gittos at the Auckland District Court this morning.
The murder charge was laid by [...]

Another child dies

From the
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News, views and politics

http://big-news.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-child-dies-when-is-it-going-to.html

Another child dies
When is it going to end? Story here TV clip here. Sue Bradford too busy posting pics of protests on Facebook to comment.
An interview of the neighbour will be on TV3 news tonight.

Cash McKinnon knew violence before her birth

Cash McKinnon knew violence before her birth
Mother beaten while pregnant, forced into hiding
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2781765/Cash-McKinnon-knew-violence-before-her-birth
By MICHAEL CUMMINGS – The Manawatu Standard

MANAWATU STANDARD
GRIEVING: It was a sunny, still day, as more than 200 friends and whanau from throughout New Zealand gathered at Poupatate Marae to farewell Cash McKinnon who died [...]

Who can protect our children?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10591094&pnum=0
Who can protect our children?
4:00AM Sunday Aug 16, 2009
By David Fisher
Our state services fail to protect some of New Zealand’s most severely abused children and allow them to be “revictimised”, according to research published in an international medical journal.
It says the child protection system could be seen as a “poorly controlled experiment” [...]