Sobering. What I also see is the very weak sentences handed down to the mongrels who killed these children totally unable to protect themselves and seemingly no one to protect them.
I have been thinking of this list in my head for a long time. Why isn’t there outrage about this behaviour anymore. No one mentions it - it is heartbreaking.
Heart breaking. There is no excuse, NO EXCUSE for those animals who murder these defenceless children.
Why do so many whanau close ranks on the perpetrators?
Where are the community leaders who should be calling out this behaviour and demanding change in how children are treated? Why are they silent on this?
...And for every murdered child we hear about, there are many, many more being subjected to physical and verbal abuse, every single day.
Matua, please keep raising this shameful issue. It is through people like you who dare to call it out, that people will no longer be able to turn away.
There’s over 50 children that you have listed and as you rightly point out, Māori are over represented here. Extremely sad and overwhelming! I don’t think there are any easy solutions, but it would be helpful for a start if leaders in Māoridom would speak up. I don’t think that will happen though, given the shame on the community at large. I believe it’s customary to stay quiet which is unhelpful. Until there is change at leadership level, nothing will change.
Simply can’t understand why we are not building more prisons for the offenders and deporting the scum who don’t like our way of life, if we got on top of it the crime rate would go down and we would all be a lot safer.
Several years ago as part of some research into violence in the home, I suggested that if a mother presents to a medical or social services appointment with a child under one and a partner who isn't the biological father this should warrant a red flag. Many of those listed were harmed by the 'stepfather' or partner rather than the father.
Sobering. What I also see is the very weak sentences handed down to the mongrels who killed these children totally unable to protect themselves and seemingly no one to protect them.
I have been thinking of this list in my head for a long time. Why isn’t there outrage about this behaviour anymore. No one mentions it - it is heartbreaking.
Heart breaking. There is no excuse, NO EXCUSE for those animals who murder these defenceless children.
Why do so many whanau close ranks on the perpetrators?
Where are the community leaders who should be calling out this behaviour and demanding change in how children are treated? Why are they silent on this?
...And for every murdered child we hear about, there are many, many more being subjected to physical and verbal abuse, every single day.
Matua, please keep raising this shameful issue. It is through people like you who dare to call it out, that people will no longer be able to turn away.
New Zealand’s dark soul… the blood on our hands that can’t be washed off…
When will we rise? When will we hikoi to Parliament and say enoughs enough?
When will this become a major marker of our prosperity and success as a nation? As important as our GDP?
This needs to become the most heinous crime in NZ.
I can’t help but think that the rights of children have been overshadowed by the needs of the hopeless deficiencies of adults like the rainbow brigade
Where genital mutilation of children speaks to the true nature of our concern for kids…
What's even worse than reading through this, is dealing with the disturbing thought that those children are probably better off dead.
I feel sick for thinking it.
There’s over 50 children that you have listed and as you rightly point out, Māori are over represented here. Extremely sad and overwhelming! I don’t think there are any easy solutions, but it would be helpful for a start if leaders in Māoridom would speak up. I don’t think that will happen though, given the shame on the community at large. I believe it’s customary to stay quiet which is unhelpful. Until there is change at leadership level, nothing will change.
Extremely confronting as such I couldn’t read all of violent deaths, just vile.
Absolutely stop blaming colonialism, but they won’t. Accepted tolerance in community that Māori murder, blame it on the meth
Where is the Māori leadership, where are our Wahine standing up & activating change. The tears you shed for your mokopuna do nothing!!
Tragic and disgraceful when will it end
Such a confronting and heartbreaking read… Bless those dear wee souls…
There is no excuse for their deaths EVER..
This is one of the most important posts about this tragic country. The brutality and cruelty is hard to fathom. We must fix this.
Simply can’t understand why we are not building more prisons for the offenders and deporting the scum who don’t like our way of life, if we got on top of it the crime rate would go down and we would all be a lot safer.
Several years ago as part of some research into violence in the home, I suggested that if a mother presents to a medical or social services appointment with a child under one and a partner who isn't the biological father this should warrant a red flag. Many of those listed were harmed by the 'stepfather' or partner rather than the father.