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Some child abuse cases in NZ - since Section 59 amended

Another child dies

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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” [...]

Call for Urgent Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse

MEDIA RELEASE
12 August 2009
Call for Urgent Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse
Family First NZ is repeating its call for an official inquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse in NZ. The call comes after the death of a 2-year old child in Kaitaia, the investigation into the critical injuries suffered by a Whangarei toddler, [...]

Police investigate Kaitaia child’s death

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2733783/Police-investigate-Kaitaia-childs-death
Police have begun a homicide inquiry into the death of a two-year-old Northland girl, with a post mortem expected to confirm the cause of death tomorrow.
A 32-year-old woman has been charged with assault and is in police custody, awaiting an appearance in the Auckland District Court tomorrow morning.
Police said it was too early to say [...]

Mother in court over baby’s death

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2728048/Mother-in-court-over-babys-death
A woman appeared in the Rotorua District Court today charged with the manslaughter of a one-year-old baby.
Sasha Pene, 29, was accused of assaulting Trent Matthews, who was later found dead, at an Edmund Rd house in Rotorua, where he lived with Pene and her partner Joe Matthews, in June.
Pene entered no plea to charges of [...]

Motueka mother jailed

Another Child abuse case since Section 59 amended:
Motueka mother jailed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2663474/Motueka-mother-jailed
The Nelson Mail

Last updated 13:12 22/07/2009

A 22-year-old Motueka mother who shook her four-month-old baby, leaving the child with severe brain damage, has been sent to jail for three years and nine months.
Cassandra Albert pleaded guilty at a depositions hearing in May to a charge [...]

Woman arrested after baby assaulted

Woman arrested after baby assaulted
Stuff.co.nz

A South Auckland woman has been arrested following an alleged assault on a five-month old baby last night.
Police say they were called to a domestic at an address in Mangere at about 11.30pm.
They say an ambulance was called as a baby had been assaulted.
Police say a 28-year old female [...]

Infant to be buried today

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2253294/Infant-to-be-buried-today

Child Abuse Death Rate Is Killing Us

MEDIA RELEASE
11 March 2009
Child Abuse Death Rate Is Killing Us
Family First NZ says that the police announcement of a homicide investigation into the death of Taupo five-week-old Jayrhis Ian Te Koha Lock-Tata is a tragic reminder that the rate of child abuse deaths has continued at the same rate as before the flawed anti-smacking [...]