Category: Some child abuse cases in NZ – since Section 59 amended
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Another child dies
From the BIG NEWS Blog 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.
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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 from non-accidental head…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Infant to be buried today
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2253294/Infant-to-be-buried-today
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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…