Six people were charged with manslaughter Nia

Last night I was watching the TV one news at 6 pm, the news was on about Nia’s mother was charged with manslaughter Nia’s treatment on July 20, 2007. It seems that the news was long time ago but seriously still under the judges’s process. I would like to refer back about what had happened to Nia was that she was abused by her stepfathers and his kids. She was hung from a clothesline, spun in a tumble dryer and left screaming on the roof of her Frank St, Rotorua, rental home. She was admitted to Starship Hospital on July 22 and died on August 3. Her death sparked a national outcry over Child Abuse. At the time her mother had done nothing about it, none of the treatment had been offer to Nia or taken her to the doctor before then. Nia was dead because of Brain Bleed.
There were 5 people charged with manslaughter over Nia's death. Michael William Curtis, 21, Wiremu Curtis, 17, Michael Paul Pearson, 19, Oriwa Terrina Kemp, 17, and William Curtis, 47
William Curtis, 47, is charged with assault and injuring with intent to injure Nia between March and July this year. He wrapped a scarf twice around her neck, then lifted her off the ground and strangled her with it until she turned purple.
I agree with the police that charged with the mom( Lisa Kuka) as well as other people as I have already explained about neglecting in my previous blog. Lisa neglecting to give medical treatment to Nia, if you are a parent you don’t ignore your kids’ unwell being. As a mom how could you let this happen to your own child.

Recent News related to my blog

I think everyone has read newspaper about the little chinese girl “PUMPKIN” who was abandoned at Melbourne Train Station by the father who believed aboarded to LA afterwards. What do you think of that? The Foster parents reported that she didn't speak for 2 bloody days; I guess it was shocking for her and for the readers as well. I believe this is a “Neglecting Abuse”and perhaps the man often had argument with his wife who believed was killed by her husband. To be fighting and yelling at each other in front of the kids is also known as “Emotional Abuse”. Poor little Pumpkin, isn’t it? She still doesn’t know where her mom is and alive or dead? I wish everything would turn out better than this.

It will be very interesting to see who Pumpkin will be living with next as her grandmother is here in New Zealand waiting to take her to China and Grace who is believed Pumpkin’s half sister wants to take care of her as well.

What is Abuse?

Abuse in families can take many forms such as physical, sexual, emotional, verbal or a combination of any of all those. Neglecting can be a form of abuse as well when parents don't take care of the basic needs of their children who depend on them. Physical Abuse is the most obvious form of abuse. It could be any kind of hitting, shaking, pinching and other actions that could cause physical injury and leave marks or produce the physical pain. Emotional Abuse can be difficult to tell because there is no sign to look for. Parents yell at each other, express anger, call out each other names. Abuse generally occurs when the yelling and anger go too far or when a parent constantly threatens, or dismisses a child until the child's self-esteem and feelings are damaged. It's like physical abuse can cause scars, emotional abuse can bring about emotional damage. Sexual Abuse is any type of sexual contact between an adult and child or between a significantly elderly and a younger child. Neglect is the hardest type of abuse to define. Neglect occurs when a child doesn't have enough food, housing, clothes, medical care, or supervision. When a parent doesn't provide enough emotional support or consistently pays very little or no attention to a child. But it's not neglect if a parent doesn't give a kid something he or she wants, like a new computer or a cell phone.

Neglect Abuse doesn't just happen in families, if you are within the family you are supposed to give love and be loved. Bullying is a form of abusive behavior that may happen in a peer group - among people of any age. Bullying someone by intimidation, threats, or humiliation can be just as abusive as beating someone up. We have seen the fliers around the campus about bullying, don't let it happen in our community!

what a sad story!!

Ngatikaura, 3 years old boy, he was a happy boy, he was loved and cared by step parents, he was one of the lucky boy in New Zealand, I believed. He liked to sing and play like other children. Until November 2005, things in his life changed. That was before anti-smacking bill has launched. Since then, he had moved to live with his birth parents and after that 3 months he passed away. Who would believe that only took them 3 months to kill their own child? He was beaten and smacked with a vacuum pipe and a baseball bat. More than 50 bruces on his body, the nurse had to stop counting. Full story of Ngatikaura So sad ....to hear that birth parents treated their own child like an animal. I’m a mother of one and a half year old boy myself. I was so sad and depressed to hear this story was actually happening in New Zealand. I feel so happy that the government had set out the Anti-smacking bill , smacking children has become too far to control in New Zealand. We should have a better way to discipline our children, don't we? Anyone got some ideas about this?