What is New Zealand turning into???

horrific abuse
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:06a.m.    

Police have begun releasing details of what appears to be another horrific case of child abuse.

Rotorua police say a three-year-old girl is in Starship Hospital in Auckland after being assaulted over a period of up to three weeks.

She was taken to Rotorua Hospital last Sunday morning with a head injury and was later airlifted to Starship where she is in a serious but stable condition.

Police say she was repeatedly assaulted by extended family members - with the assaults intensifying over three days at the end of last week.

Medical attention was apparently not sought until at least 36 hours after the last assault.

Police say they have charged four people with assault - men aged 17, 19 and 21 and a woman aged 17.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Loper says the girl has a serious injury that required her emergency flight to Auckland.


It seems to be getting worse since Sue Bradfords Bill, unless its just we are hearing more about it????

Wow that's so sad. I think about how much Abby cries when she hurts herself, you would have to have no heart to hurt a child the way these people do!!

I mean it was 3 males and 1 female - all young - but that is no excuse for treating a child like that.

i am sorry to blame the generations beofre them but you wonder what up bringing they had to do that to a 3 year old

That is so very sad I have a 3yo DD and she is so lovely, I can't see how anyone could hurt someone like that - especially over the course of a week or whatever! And poor girl will probably remember it for a long time yet - Hannah still remembers events from last year

Aww that is awful!!! Makes me all teary thinking about that poor little girl I hope that the teenagers that did it get what they deserve. It said in the article I read that the mother won't be charged. Makes you wonder what she was doing when all this was taking place over the last 3 weeks   

WTF Just heard on TV3...tying her to the clothes line and spinning it till she flew off, playing (???) pro wrestling with her -properly like on tv, putting her on the roof of the house?? What P#sses me off is that the neighbours saw this and did nothing! Whats so wrong with ringing the police and letting them know - it can be annonmously (or at least the police have to keep you annon)

sick sick!!!

Yeh I can't believe the neighbours either, especially when they saw up on the roof crying....

Again.... how did the mother not know? Why didn't the little brothers say anything to their mother. I personally feel that the mother should be arrested... she didn't provide her daughter a safe environment... and what was she doing shacking up with a 17year old!? GRRR.

Guess there will be alot of those "why" questions... I hope she pulls through and gets put with a family who'll care for her.

OMG and they put her in a ice cold bath then in the dryer That is so F#*Ked UP!!! I was so livid listening to the 3news and my 11yr daughter was in tears, she just couldnt believe people would do that to innocent children!! I cannot believe the neighbours heard/saw what was going on and didnt call the police, they need to be charged as accessories  and I agree the mother needs to be charged too!!! Poor wee girl

I find it appalling that we live in a country where people think that doing that kinda of thing to a child (or hey an animal for that matter) is okay, or funny. it makes me feel physically sick. and as for the neighbours -

Isn't this just bloody awful

I want to take all these abused children in and give them the loving home that they deserve.