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# The BFD Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-face-of-the-day-27/
- Published: 2020-02-13T17:30:08.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-14T20:53:44.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Crime, Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

> A 4-year-old boy critically injured in a suspected case of child abuse had previously been admitted to hospital with broken bones and removed from his immediate family.

> The boy, who will likely be permanently brain damaged if he survives, was admitted to hospital late last month, after police were called to a family violence incident at a property in Ramsey Cres, Flaxmere, where they found him badly bruised and suffering from a severe head injury.

> It’s unclear when the injuries were sustained or over what period, but police believe they’re the result of abuse – among the worst the detective in charge of the investigation has seen inflicted on a child in his 30 year career.

> Detective Inspector Mike Foster, who’s leading the police investigation, said the boy had been subjected to a sustained beating and received extensive injuries across his body.

> He was admitted to hospital on at least one other occasion, with injuries including broken bones.

> Oranga Tamariki intervened and the boy was placed into the care of wider family. He was returned to his immediate family shortly before Christmas.

> It’s unclear why.

> \[…\] “What’s even more sad is he is not the only child in Starship \[Hospital\] who is suspected of being beaten, and a 5 year old is dead.

> “This violence against our children is what we need to address as a country.”

> \[…\] It was less than a year ago that an Oranga Tamariki uplift of a baby boy at Hawke’s Bay Hospital in Hastings sparked a national outcry about the organisation’s practices and whether children should be removed from their family in some situations.

> Des Ratima, chair of the Takitimu District M?ori Council, who is involved with the “Not one more baby” movement that followed Oranga Tamariki’s controversial uplift of a baby at Hawke’s Bay Hospital last year, said he stood by that call.

> Ratima and Ngati Kahungunu chairman Ngahiwi Tomoana objected to Oranga Tamariki’s actions over the attempted uplift of the 7-day old baby boy and together said “Not one more child will be uplifted and **iwi will intervene at all costs”.**  
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> [Stuff](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119503830/critically-injured-flaxmere-boy-a-victim-of-previous-suspected-abuse?ref=goodoil.news)

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