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« Reply #200 on: January 22, 2010, 07:23:03 am »

Two toddlers, aged 2 and 3, have been taken into care after they were found wandering while, police say, their parents were passed out drunk on the floor of their Whangarei home.

Officers were called to an Otangarei house about 6.30pm on Tuesday after residents raised the alarm. The children had been found on the street without adult supervision.

Sergeant Richard Thompson, of Whangarei police, said a 47-year-old man and a woman, 34, had been found unresponsive on the floor of a nearby house and an ambulance was called.

Officers had managed to wake the couple before the ambulance arrived.

Child, Youth and Family (CYF) were notified and the children are now in the organisation's care.

Police investigations revealed the man was allegedly breaching his bail conditions by consuming alcohol.

The man was charged with breaching bail and appeared in the Whangarei District Court on Wednesday.

CYF Northern regional director Marion Heeney confirmed they had been notified by police of concerns for the two children.

"They are now in our care and have been placed in a safe and secure environment," Mrs Heeney said.

She said police had the legal ability to place children into the care of CYF for up to five days.

"When police place a child with us under these circumstances, we may ask a friend or whanau member to temporarily care for the child.

"When this is not possible, the child will be placed with an approved caregiver," Mrs Heeney said.

Where appropriate, CYF would work with the parents to help them address the issues that had led to their child coming into CYF care.

In some cases, when the situation was determined safe, the child would be returned to the parents immediately.

Some families would require ongoing CYF support, she said.

Each case was treated on its merits and CYF looked to the strengths of the family to ensure children could be well cared for.

Medical experts have warned about the dangers of drinking to excess.

Northland St John operations manager Tony Devanney said when people were so drunk they passed out or became unconscious, they were unable to control their airways.

If they were lying on their backs and vomited, the chances of choking were high.

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« Reply #201 on: January 22, 2010, 08:45:09 am »

Shock at 'subjecting children to unimaginable and horrific living conditions'

A woman in the United States pleaded not guilty Thursday to abusing her children and family pets, sometimes forcing the children to witness her torturing animals to death.
"This is a case where a mother subjected her children to the most unimaginable and horrific living conditions that I have ever seen," Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said.
These kids were beaten, they were starved, they lived in absolutely horrendous conditions within their own household and this was done intentionally by the mother."
Sharon McDonough, 43, killed numerous kittens and dogs, stashing the dead cats in the trash, and burying 42 dead dogs in the back garden of her Long Island home, Spota said.
Necropsies determined some of the animals died of "unnatural causes," including some found with evidence their mouths had been duct-taped shut, prosecutors said.
Our investigation found evidence she wrapped duct tape around a cat's nose and mouth and hung the animal from her child's bunk bed, killing the cat," Spota said, adding the woman's 11-year-old daughter witnessed the cruelty.
The dogs were buried, Spota said, because some had identifying microchips implanted in them and McDonough feared being discovered if the carcasses were found in the trash.
The children were not only abused but on multiple occasions, forced to witness the deaths of family pets, the prosecutor said.
On another occasion in 2006, McDonough allegedly strangled a Maltese dog in the presence of her older daughter, who was 10 at the time, Spota said.
The Maltese carcass was among those found buried in the garden, prosecutors said.
McDonough is also accused of using excessive corporal punishment because her toddler's crying woke her up.
"According to two of the children, Mrs McDonough slapped the baby's back repeatedly while screaming that she would kill the child," the prosecutor said.

McDonough could face up to two years in prison if convicted of the top charge, aggravated animal cruelty.
She also is charged with child endangerment and animal torture, misdemeanours that carry up to a year in jail.
The prosecutor said he will lobby the state legislature for changes in the law to increase penalties for child endangerment.
McDonough's adult son contacted authorities in November about the living conditions of his younger siblings.
He had moved out of the home the previous August and grew increasingly concerned about the plight of the girls, Spota said.
Douglas McDonough, 21, told authorities the children were forced to subsist on peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches and macaroni and cheese.
At one point, he brought his sisters frozen TV dinners, but later learned that his mother had confiscated the food.
Other food in the house was the exclusive domain of the children's mother.
Mr McDonough described the home as "a concentration camp for the animals".
He also claimed he and some of his siblings were present when animals were abused and killed.
Following Ms McDonough's arrest in November, a Family Court judge removed custody of McDonough's six daughters, ranging in age from 18 months to 13 years.
They are being cared for by relatives, an attorney for the children said.
After McDonough's arrest, some neighbours feared the worst for their pets which had disappeared in recent months.
But Roy Gross of the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals later concluded that McDonough bought the animals or adopted them through shelters and other traditional outlets.
McDonough's court-appointed attorney, James Saladino, told the judge Thursday he was considering an insanity defence for his client, who is being held on $100,000 (NZ$140,500) bail.
Saladino declined to elaborate outside court, saying he had just been assigned to the case and needed to investigate the allegations.


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« Reply #202 on: February 13, 2010, 10:31:35 am »

Signals that baby Cohen Parker wasn't in an ideal foster home weren't picked up in the weeks before his death in Palmerston North last March.

His death was "a nightmare" for everyone involved in his short life, said coroner Tim Scott, delivering his decision yesterday after an inquest a week ago.

The 11-week-old boy, born five weeks premature, exposed to methadone during pregnancy and placed in state care after his birth, died from sudden infant death syndrome in his foster mother's bed.

Mr Scott said the deterioration of the foster mother's standards of housekeeping and breakdown of her marriage were clues she was under stress and perhaps not the best possible placement for Cohen.

"His mum and the rest of us were entitled to conclude that he would be kept safe.

"He was a child at risk and may well have succumbed to cot death in any event.

"But had any of the factors been recognised there is a real likelihood that he would not have suffered death at this time and would not have been in the care of [his foster mother]."

The names of his mother and foster mother have been permanently suppressed.

Mr Scott said it was regrettable the foster mother "deliberately withheld" information from foster care agency Open Home Foundation.

Her marriage was in trouble and she separated a month after Cohen was placed in her home.

It was highly unlikely an at-risk baby would have been placed in a family already under stress, he said.

Mr Scott was concerned that the foster mother had worked part-time despite the foundation's instructions that she should not do so.

He also found it "unusual" that she had approached a virtual stranger and suggested she could babysit although she hadn't been approved as a caregiver.

The fact that the foster mother's home had once been described as "clean and tidy" but had plunged into "a shambles" while Cohen was in her care should have alerted social workers that the woman was unable to manage.

On the morning of Cohen's death, the foster mother took him into her bed for comfort, and settled him in a way she believed dealt with the risks of roll-together or suffocation.

But she didn't clearly understand that bed-sharing was a risk factor in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids), the coroner said.

The Open Home Foundation has re-written its policy and manual to explain that risk in support of its rules that foster children should have their own beds at all times.

Mr Scott extended sympathy to Child, Youth and Family and Open Home Foundation workers and the foster mother.

"People set out with the best of intentions to keep baby Cohen safe."

The baby's mother and family were due twice the sympathy.

"I can't begin to imagine the grief all of those people must feel."

He hoped there was some comfort in knowing that systems had been improved as a result of Cohen's death.

SAD REMINDER FOR GRANDMA

A little girl just starting to take her first steps provides a sad reminder for a grandmother of what Cohen Parker would be doing now, if he had not died in foster care last March.

The grandma, who can't be named to protect the identity of Cohen's mother, had only one, brief cuddle and chance to give her grandson his bottle when he was three-and-a-half weeks old.

"I wish I had been able to see him more often."

But the baby was placed in state care, separated from birth parents deemed incapable of looking after him, and entrusted to a foster mum.

"For us, 2009 should have been a good year.

"We were getting two new grandchildren in January, but it went downhill from there.

"At least my husband's granddaughter is doing well and is just about walking so she is a reminder of what Cohen should have been doing."

The woman said she didn't blame Cohen's foster mother or the people from the Open Home Foundation who had placed Cohen in her care.

"But I think now, it would have been better to have put him with someone who had a better knowledge of the needs of a premature, at-risk baby," she said.

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« Reply #203 on: February 14, 2010, 07:23:18 pm »

I was talking to an ex workmate this morning, she attended a care givers conference last week.

She was saying that SYPHS have just over 5000 children who are currently staying in motels, under the guard and protection of a security dude.

On boxing day morning she had been aprt of the uplifting of 6 kids from a P house.  The kids were filthy & lice ridden.

I find the figure of 5000 kids very high, though not unbelievable, a few years ago there was just over 2500 in motels.

The reason they are in the motels is cos we dont have enough care givers to look after them, anyone want a family of 6 kids?

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« Reply #204 on: February 18, 2010, 07:07:22 am »

A 29-year-old mother faces a murder charge for leaving her baby in a bath.

The woman, who cannot be named, initially faced a manslaughter charge in relation to the death of her 13-month-old son.

Yesterday, that charge was upgraded to murder when the woman appeared in the High Court at Auckland.

Police allege she left the infant alone in a deep bath for 15 minutes.

The baby and his 5-year-old sister had been living away from their parents for eight months, and returned to them only two days before his death.

Detective Sergeant Megan Goldie, of the Waitakere child abuse team, said the charge was reconsidered when Crown prosecutors reviewed the case.

She said the prosecution would hinge on the woman's intent at the time she left the baby in the bath.

Court documents record that the woman told police she experienced a "rollercoaster of feelings and emotions" when she learned that the children were to return home to her care.

She was unsure she was going to be able to cope, had been unable to sleep and was not feeling emotionally strong.

The children returned to the New Lynn house on November 6.

Two days later, after the woman's husband left for work about 8am, she ran a deep bath for her son.

According to the documents, she told police the water level of the bath was above his nipples and below his shoulders.

She said she placed him in the bath and left the room for about 15 minutes.

When she returned, she found the boy face down in the water, limp, blue and lifeless.

She took him out of the bath and shook him, dried him, wrapped him in a towel and shook him again before placing him on her bed and covering him with a blanket.

Police allege the woman had attended first-aid courses and was a trained dietitian who had worked in hospitals in Fiji, giving advice to mothers and young children on childhood nutrition and development.

She and the children came to New Zealand from Fiji early last year to join her husband.

Police say that despite her medical knowledge and training, she made no attempt to resuscitate the infant or call emergency services or her husband.

When police interviewed the woman, she offered no explanation as to why she left the child unattended in the bath despite knowing he was unstable.

She had seen him toppling over in the bath two weeks earlier.

The woman was remanded on bail for trial in August.

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« Reply #205 on: February 22, 2010, 02:00:13 pm »

An Auckland woman went on trial today for the murder of a three-year-old child while he was in her care in 2008.

Patricia Angela Pickering, 38, pleaded not guilty to murdering Dylan Hohepa Tonga Rimoni, two charges of causing him grievous bodily harm, and one of assault.

Pickering, who was Dylan's caregiver, was alleged to have murdered the boy, who died in Auckland's Starship Hospital in April 2008.

The assault and grievous bodily harm charges arose from alleged incidents between December 1, 2007, and April 1, 2008.

Pickering's trial began in the High Court at Auckland this morning before a jury of seven men and five women. It has been set down for four weeks.

The Crown was expected to call 69 witnesses.

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« Reply #206 on: February 22, 2010, 02:02:32 pm »

A man who disciplined his six-year-old daughter with a cricket bat when she would not stop coughing has failed to get his six-month jail term reduced.

Arthur Bristowe had been sentenced in Rotorua District Court just before Christmas after admitting assaulting the child with the bat.

In the High Court at Rotorua Justice Rhys Harrison rejected defence arguments that Bristowe should not have been imprisoned.

He said the district court judge was entitled to conclude that jail was the only adequate response to the "violence" meted out to the girl.

The judge also said that home detention would not have met the needs of deterrence and denunciation.

He also said that six months was not manifestly excessive.

Justice Harrison said that Bristowe was the custodian of his daughter.

"She was at home one evening. She was coughing in her bedroom for up to an hour.

"Mr Bristowe became annoyed, both by this event and her previous behaviour.

"He directed his daughter to stand and face the wall.

"He also directed her to remove her pants.

"Mr Bristowe then picked up a cricket bat.

"He struck his daughter up to six times on the left side of her buttocks and to her right upper thigh."


The judge said that the blows, inflicted with the flat side of the bat, caused considerable pain.

When asked to describe the pain on a scale of 1 to 5, the girl described it as a seven.

The judge said that photographs taken after the assault graphically depicted the severe nature of the girl's bruising.

However, the judge said that Bristowe's ill-treatment of the child did not stop there.

"He directed her to sit in her chair and contemplate her behaviour.

"The pain was such that his daughter had difficulty sitting at all," Justice Harrison said.

The next day the girl told her teacher and various government agencies and whanau then became involved.

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« Reply #207 on: February 25, 2010, 07:39:32 am »

A young Napier mother whose 6-month-old son was found in her car screaming in heat of at least 25C while she played the pokies has been convicted of ill-treating the child.

Aroha-Noa Mardy Daneil Kea, 22, of Maraenui, was charged after she left her baby in her car with a friend on August 10 last year while she went into the TAB at Stortford Lodge in Hastings.

Her friend later left the baby alone in the vehicle and joined her in the TAB. About 1.47pm, a staff member heard the infant's distressed screaming and called police.

Footage from a CCTV camera showed the baby was left in the car for a total of 25 minutes in hot, sunny weather, with an outside temperature of about 25C. All windows in the car were wound up.

In the Hastings District Court on Wednesday, Kea's lawyer, Eric Forster, said his client conceded the baby was her responsibility, yet claimed she hadn't known her friend had entered the TAB, leaving the infant alone in the car.

Judge Tony Adeane sentenced her to 12 months' supervision.

"This all began with you not understanding your responsibility towards a little baby," the judge said.

Kea was also ordered to undergo counselling and education programmes. "Clearly the emphasis will be on parenting skills."

The charge of ill-treating a child carries a maximum penalty of five years' jail.

Problem Gambling Foundation chief executive Graeme Ramsey said he knew of similar cases "from one end of the country to the other. It's indicative of the neglect many children receive from problem gambling."

Not meeting expectations as caregivers, social isolation and a desire for time out were common reasons for women gambling on the pokies, he said. "For problem gamblers, being 'in the game' is a way of shutting out the world around them."

Hawkes Bay has one of the highest numbers of poker machines per head of population in the country. "A question has to be asked about why you have so many [pokies] down there. Each machine has an average loss of $40,000 per year - which is an awful amount of money flowing out of Hawkes Bay."

Stortford Lodge TAB manager Bruce Ferguson said he was shocked by the incident and had phoned police as soon as he knew of the distressed baby. He said he now made staff check the carpark regularly.

On February 12, Hastings woman Toni Whatarau, 46, who gambled away nearly $500,000 from her employer on poker machines, was sentenced to three years' jail.

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« Reply #208 on: January 17, 2011, 06:56:10 am »

Police have charged a 21-year-old man with the manslaughter of a five-month-old baby who died in Hawkes Bay last week.

The baby boy was admitted to Hawkes Bay Regional Hospital last Tuesday night and "subsequently died", Detective Senior Sergeant Dave de Lange said.

A post-mortem was held on Wednesday and further tests were being conducted.

"Police have spoken to members of the baby's family, who have been co-operative and helpful with police during the investigation," Mr de Lange said.

A 21-year-old man, who has name suppression, appeared in Hastings District Court on Saturday and was remanded in custody.

He will reappear tomorrow.

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« Reply #209 on: January 25, 2011, 03:17:01 pm »


UN concern over Kiwi kids' rights

NZPA | 12:44PM - Thursday, 20 January 2011

Kiwi Kids

THE UNITED NATIONS has expressed concern over shortfalls in the rights of New Zealand children, including "staggering" infant and child mortality rates and a lack representation for children in legislation.

It has questioned why New Zealand does not have a department or ministry responsible for children's issues.

The UN committee on the rights of the child has been meeting with Government representatives in Geneva to examine our performance on child rights.

The committee found that while the majority of children were living well and in a safe and protective environment where their rights were respected, there were areas where improvements were needed, including areas of serious concern.

The committee noted that, although many laws had been passed, children were "fairly invisible" in legislation and regretted that the age of criminality had been lowered for some cases.


It could be worse!

Committee member Maria Herczog said child rights-based policy did not exist as there was no specific department or ministry responsible for issues related to children.

Ms Herczog said an increase in expenditure on children's issues was welcome, but the way resources were allocated would not eliminate child poverty and inequalities.

The committee commended the government's anti-smacking legislation, but was concerned that it did not explicitly prohibit all forms of corporal punishment.


Child Protection

Another committee underlined that many developments had been seen regarding the right to life and survival, yet child and infant mortality rates remained "staggering" and had not changed over the past ten years.

The member noted that 20 percent of children in New Zealand lived in income poverty.

The committee will release its formal concluding observations and recommendations towards the end of its three-week session, which will conclude on February 04.


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« Reply #210 on: February 01, 2011, 03:00:16 pm »

A man has been charged with the manslaughter of a five-year-old Napier girl after earlier being charged with her sexual assault.

Sahara Jayde Baker-Koro died at her family home in Riverbend Rd on December 21 last year.

Food processor Kerry Ratana, 24, of Napier, had previously been charged with sexually violating Sahara between December 18 and 21. He had also been charged with assault.

The assault charge has now been dropped and a manslaughter charge added.

Ratana had been living at the Napier house but was not related to Sahara.

Police said Ratana would face the manslaughter charge when he appeared in the Napier District Court tomorrow.

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« Reply #211 on: February 07, 2011, 11:55:25 am »

A man stands accused of beating a Palmerston North toddler to death because the three-year-old girl got a toilet roll wet.

But defence lawyers for Sean James Donnelly, 22, say he swung three-year-old Cash McKinnon around by her legs to teach her a lesson, but never intended to drop her.

The murder trial of Donnelly began before a jury of four men and eight women in the High Court at Palmerston North this morning.

Donnelly, a security guard, is accused of killing three-year-old Cash McKinnon at a house in Hulme St in August 2009.

She was one of four children in his care when she was taken to Palmerston North Hospital with over 80 external injuries and severe internal head injuries.

She died the next day and police confirmed that her injuries were non-accidental.

In his opening statement this morning, Crown prosecutor Chris Shannon said Donnelly found a toilet roll in the toilet on the night of alleged murder.

When Cash admitted putting it there, he took her into another room to punish her. Neighbours could hear a child screaming soon after, Shannon said.

Cash was later seen by other children in the house, unresponsive, with injuries and bandages on her head, he said.

It wasn't until the next day that Donnelly contacted friends, after several unsuccessful attempts to wake Cash.

Donnelly's lawyer Lorraine Smith said her client admitted he caused the toddler's death but denied it was intentional.

He had swung her around by the ankles to teach her a lesson for being "cheeky" but became dizzy and lost his grip.

"He [Donnelly] does not know if she [Cash] hit the bed first, or how she fell...within a matter of minutes she fell over and was unconscious."

"Sean Donnelly should not have hit Cash but hitting her did not kill her. The serious injuries happened because she fell out of his hands; he never intended to let her go."

The trial is set down for three weeks.

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« Reply #212 on: February 28, 2011, 08:08:39 am »

The teenage parents of a baby who suffered a brain injury and broken bones have appeared in North Shore District Court on charges including causing grievous bodily harm and allowing wilful ill-treatment.

Aaron Allen, 18, and Natalia Shore, 19, were arrested after 6-week-old Sophia Shore was taken to Auckland's Starship Hospital at the end of January with serious injuries.

Police said Sophia had been discharged from hospital and was recovering well in Child Youth and Family care.

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« Reply #213 on: March 25, 2011, 09:31:04 am »

Sean James Donnelly, the man who killed Palmerston North toddler Cash McKinnon, has been sentenced to seven years' jail for manslaughter.

Three-year-old Cash died on August 19, 2009 while in Donnelly's care.

He admitted causing the toddler's death after he swung her around by the ankles as punishment for putting a toilet roll in the toilet.

He dropped Cash, causing the severe head injuries that eventually killed her.

Donnelly, 23, was later charged with murder but found guilty of manslaughter only during a trial in the High Court at Palmerston North last month.

Justice Alan MacKenzie said Donnelly's acquittal on the murder charge did not minimise the seriousness of his actions.

"These tragic events would not have happened if you had displayed even a minimal amount of care for a tender, young girl."

Donnelly was at his Hulme St home in Palmerston North looking after Cash, one of her sisters, and his own two daughters while Cash's mother Ngamiri McKinnon was at work.

Donnelly had stayed up until 4.30am the night before, playing PlayStation and smoking cannabis. He smoked more cannabis when he woke up that day.

During his trial, Donnelly said he put Cash into a time-out after finding the toilet roll, but she squealed, saying she had wet her pants. Donnelly slapped her across the face and told her to take a shower.

Afterwards, Cash told Donnelly she did not have to take orders from him, so Donnelly took her by her ankles and swung her around.

Crown Prosecutor Ben Vanderkolk said Donnelly's sentence should send strong message of deterrence to the community, that children should not be treated this way.

Donnelly's lawyer Lorraine Smith said her client did not disagree with the sorrow contained in any of the victim impact statements, because they reflected how he felt about the incident.

Justice MacKenzie did not impose a minimum term without parole.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4808730/Man-jailed-over-toddler-Cashs-killing

Again .. this arse should have been charged with MURDER!!!!

Again I see the courts doing nothing to help the CA situation
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« Reply #214 on: March 26, 2011, 04:40:28 pm »

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4813808/Lawmakers-urged-to-appeal-pathetic-sentence-for-toddler-killer

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« Reply #215 on: March 26, 2011, 05:41:53 pm »

There is a lot of talk regarding this judge exacerbating the CA situation in NZ - the change can happen at the stage of sentencing - until we get hanging in - to give them a life custodial sentence - with no parole is a good start.
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« Reply #216 on: March 26, 2011, 06:12:44 pm »



Again .. this arse should have been charged with MURDER!!!!


how can you say that this is murder when al that happened to start with was something thousands of parents have done to their kids and that is swung them around with the kid squealing with glee ....

unfortunately in this case the child was dropped ....

not murder imo....
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« Reply #217 on: April 24, 2011, 08:55:53 am »

A mother and father have been arrested for allegedly beating their eight children with weapons, including sticks and electrical cord - and the woman is pregnant again.

The Tongan couple have appeared in the North Shore District Court on eight charges, including one each of wilful illtreatment likely to cause unnecessary suffering.

Their names are not suppressed but the Herald on Sunday has chosen not to name them at this stage.

The eight children, aged 1 to 14, have been taken into Child Youth and Family care and have been placed with caregivers.

CYF northern regional director Grant Bennett said his organisation and the police were alerted by a school counsellor whom one of the children had confided in.

"The eight children involved in this case have been in the care of CYF since the end of March. They are safe and well with approved caregivers," said Bennett.

"We are aware that mum is pregnant and the new child is part of our investigation and intervention."

Police allege the abuse has been going on since 2009.

The 45-year-old father is accused of beating his 14-year-old daughter with an electrical extension cord, his 7-year-old son with cricket wickets, his 5-year-old son with a Jandal and hitting his 1-year-old twin sons.

The 40-year-old woman is alleged to have beaten the 14-year-old daughter with an empty 2-litre plastic bottle.

When the Herald on Sunday visited the family's home in the North Shore suburb of Glenfield, bicycles, children's toys and rubbish littered the yard.

There was a blue tarpaulin tent in the yard, which appeared to have been used as living quarters, a portable toilet and skip - although no construction work was evident.

Domestic abuse counsellor Filipo Tipoai said there was a culture of using violence to discipline children in Pacific Island families.

"It's not just Tongan people, it's across the board with Pacific people. It's the mentality of how Pacific people perceive their history or upbringing from the island. It was okay 20 or 30 years ago and they still do it in New Zealand," he said.

Tipoai, who works for West Auckland social service The Project, said organisations like his helped explain to parents why they must change their behaviour and why they were bound by law. "It's possible; it's just a matter of explaining it in a way they understand."

The accused are to reappear in court next month

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« Reply #218 on: April 27, 2011, 01:01:26 pm »

This is 3 children, from 3 separate incidences.





A six-month-old Waikato girl with critical head injuries was today fighting for her life as police investigated an incident at a house in Ngaruawahia.

Police won't say what happened to the infant, but it is understood she may have been strangled and abused.

She was admitted to Waikato Hospital late yesterday afternoon and flown at midnight to Starship Hospital in Auckland in a critical condition.

Police this morning cordoned off a house in Havelock St, Ngaruawahia, where it's understood an incident involving the infant happened.

Neighbours said a three-year-old boy also lived at the house with his mother, her brother and the mother's boyfriend.

They said the mother, believed to be 21, moved into the rented house with the baby girl's father eight months ago but he moved out shortly after. The family kept to themselves except for when they were "drunk and boisterous".

The neighbour, who would not be named, said she heard arguments from the house up to four times a week and the baby girl cried all the time.

"We've never seen her at all but we've always heard her crying."

She said two ambulances arrived at the house, one of three down a right-of-way, around lunch time yesterday and the scene was described as "very frantic". The mother left with her child in the ambulance.

Then police arrived at the house at 10pm yesterday.

Police and Child Youth and Family were this morning speaking to family members.

Meanwhile, Waikato Hospital spokeswoman Mary Anne Gill confirmed that a 15-month-old boy and an eight-month-old girl were also admitted to the hospital yesterday in an unconnected incident.

It is understood one had been scalded and the other had a head injury.

"Both have medical conditions, but other non-accidental injuries they had gave staff cause for concern and this is being followed up," Gill said.

She said staff on the ward and in ICU were today "very upset" about the condition of the children and would be offered counselling.

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« Reply #219 on: April 27, 2011, 09:18:17 pm »

There are news articles saying the neighbours heard the wee girl crying all the time
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« Reply #220 on: April 28, 2011, 06:03:00 pm »

A homicide inquiry has been launched after a six-month-old Ngaruawahia baby, admitted to Waikato Hospital earlier this week with apparent non-accidental injuries, died this afternoon.

Serenity Jay Scott-Dinnington was transferred to Starship Hospital on Tuesday night, and had been on life support since then.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Greene, officer in charge of the police investigation into the matter, said the baby died at about 4.35pm after life support was turned off.

"As a result, the police investigation has now been upgraded to a homicide inquiry."

A post-mortem will be undertaken in Auckland tomorrow to determine the cause of death.

Greene said a scene examination at the Ngaruawahia house where the baby had been living was underway.

"Obviously this is a sad development in this case. Our focus is very much on determining the events leading up to the baby's admission to hospital and her subsequent death."

Child, Youth and Family's head of operations, Jo Ann Field, yesterday confirmed the family was known to the agency before the incident.

"CYF is working with police to understand the events that led to this little girl being injured."

Serenity's older brother Travis, 4, was taken into emergency care where he was now "safe and well" with a CYF caregiver, she said.

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« Reply #221 on: April 30, 2011, 10:32:11 pm »

is this connected to Serenity ?

Police: Body found in burnt out car 'suspicious'

Police are investigating after the fire service discovered a body in a burnt out vehicle near Rotorua today.

The grisly discovery was made on Tumunui Road, south of Rotorua, about 9.40am, a fire service spokesman told NZPA.

A member of the public alerted emergency services to the car fire just before 9.30am.

The officer in charge of the Rotorua CIB, Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Loper, says a scene examination is currently being undertaken at the site by members of Police and ESR.

He says the scene will remain protected and underguard tonight, with the body potentially being removed tomorrow.

Detective Senior Sergeant Loper says the incident warrants being treated as suspicious, however, Police are keeping an open mind about potential scenarios involved.

A scene examination will be conducted today.

It was not known yet if the person was a man or woman.

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« Reply #222 on: May 04, 2011, 12:50:13 pm »

The neighbour of a Ngaruawahia infant who died apparently from ''shaken baby'' injuries is calling an urgent community hui tomorrow despite being labelled a ''nark''.

Six-month-old Serenity Jay Scott-Dinnington died in Auckland's Starship hospital last week after her life-support was switched off.

Family have been told by medical staff and police they believe her injuries were similar to shaken baby syndrome.

The neighbour, who wanted to be known only as Cheree, is organising the hui so the community can figure out how to prevent child deaths at the hands of caregivers.

The hui would centre on a community discussion about family violence, social issues, child safety, alcohol and drugs and developing support networks.

''Family violence will not be tolerated  I will not allow it in this town,'' Cheree said.

''I need everybody's help to support this kaupapa. I can't do it by myself.''

As well as feeling ''completely helpless'' over Serenity's death,  Cheree has a personal  motivation   for drawing attention  to  family violence.

''I lost my son in a drink- driving accident. I had no choice in what happened to him but there was a choice for Serenity's life and the wrong one was made.''

Cheree has been branded a ''nark'' by some members of the community for talking to reporters and police about Serenity's death.  Someone has even  tagged  her fence with the label.

But she refuses to be stopped by such reactions.

''I don't care if they call me a nark. At the end of the day something needs to be done. This silence is not helping anyone. Somebody needs to stand up.''

 Cheree said she received a call from Ngaruawahia police who said the hui should be cancelled because it would hinder the ongoing investigation.

But, after speaking with legal services, Cheree said she believed she was well within her rights.

''I'm not going to wait. There has to be some accountability.''

Serenity's grandmother, Celeste Scott, of Papakura,  told the  Waikato Times recently that she wanted details of how her granddaughter was injured brought to light because she did not want the case to become like the Chris and Cru Kahui investigation, where nobody had been held to account for their deaths.

 ''That's what everybody keeps saying, that they hope it isn't like that, but I really hope not because I don't want this family to go through what that family had to go through.''

Cheree vowed Serenity's death would not become another Kahui case.

''Serenity's family have clammed up  and so have some of my neighbours,'' she said.

 ''Who do we protect with our silence? Nobody protected Serenity. But this will not be another Kahui case.

''I will make sure of that.''

During the hui an anonymous written survey will also be conducted to gather information Cheree hopes will assist in the prevention of child deaths.

The hui will be held tomorrow, from 2pm until 5pm, in the Memorial Hall next to Ngaruawahia New World. It is open to everyone.

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« Reply #223 on: May 04, 2011, 01:58:43 pm »

Those that have labeled her a nark should be hunted down and branded across the face for the f*ckheads they are.
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« Reply #224 on: May 04, 2011, 02:02:39 pm »

.. agreed .. is this what others will face if they speak up .. considering the law changes that makes them equally responsible?
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