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A mother accused of failing to provide the necessaries of life for her 11-week old daughter was suffering from post-natal depression, her doctor told an Auckland today.
Tahani Mahomed was admitted to hospital with severe head injuries on December 28, 2007. She died on New Year’s Day. The Crown alleges he broke her leg by apparently twisting it violently and inflicted head injuries that caused brain damage.
Her father, Azees Mahomed, 31, is accused in the High Court at Auckland of murder and two counts of resulting in his baby grievous bodily harm.
The South African-born couple had not been able to explain to police how Tahani received her injuries.
He and his wife Tabbasum, 26, are also charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life.
Crown prosecutor Phil Hamlin said the baby’s head had been forced violently against a hard, “unforgiving” surface.
She was a new immigrant without any family support, living in poor housing, with two children under two-years-old, he told the court.
The family doctor, Mushfiq Ahmad, said there were many factors which were likely to have contributed to Tabassum Mohamed having post-natal depression. She was having to study to keep her visa and keep up with her duties at home.
He wrote her a medical certificate because she was over-burdened and appeared not to be coping.
Dr Ahmad said he received an emergency phone call from her at 5. She also missed paediatric appointments.56am on December 28, 2007.56am on December 28, 2007.
He agreed that was the case.
Paul Borich, defending Tabassum Mahomed, asked Dr Ahmad if she sounded very concerned and worried about Tahani’s condition.
“Are you sure you expressed the urgency to Mrs Mahomed about getting to a doctor straight away?” Mr Borich asked.
He said because the child was non-responsive, she should have gone to a doctor straight away.
Nurse Lesley Kazula was working at Middlemore Hospital when Tahani was admitted. .
Ms Kazula said Tahani was semi-conscious, with her eyes partly open and her hands clenched.
She said Mrs Mahomed told her that her baby wasn’t eating.
When she asked Mrs Mahomed if Tahani had looked like this before, she said “when she gets a fright”.
“She looked quite underweight and seemed unwell and thin,” Ms Kazula said.
Paediatrician David Montgomery also saw Tahani that night at Middlemore Hospital.
Paediatrician David Montgomery also saw Tahani that night at Middlemore Hospital.
He told the court she was receiving oxygen through a mask, with additional breaths administered by staff.
“The child was extremely lethargic and not responding normally. “She was having periods of becoming very stiff, extending her arms and legs and scissoring them over each other.
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The Government says eight New Zealanders have been killed in Samoa’s tsunami – one more than originally thought.
There are now eight confirmed New Zealand deaths-sixadults and two young children, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said tonight.
The ministry said it would not be releasing names or further details.
The latest confirmed death is of a New Zealander who was visiting Samoa and who has, until now, been on the list of Samoan casualties.
Meanwhile Samoan sporting stars David Tua and Inga Tuigamala head to Samoa tomorrow to find out what it needs in the wake of last week’s devastating tsunami. “Wehave now accounted for almost allNew Zealanderswho were thought to be in Samoa at the time of the tsunami,” a statement said.It would work with the Samoa National Relief Disaster Council to identify immediate relief needs and what New Zealand could do to help.
Boxer Tua and former All Black and rugby league star Tuigamala will travel with the New Zealand-based Samoa Tsunami 2009 Appeal Committee, led by Consul General Faolotoi Reupena.In Samoa, a New Zealand Navy dive team has repaired a water pipeline to restore water to Manono Island, just off the main island of Upolu, after it fractured five days ago, leaving 800 locals without fresh water, a Defence Force statement said. .The job was completed on Sunday, but testing on the water was still required to ensure it was safe to drink.The dive team arrived on Saturday, cleared debris from the pipeline and repaired four fractures.The dive team would now relocate to assess damage to another water pipe to the island of Namu’a.A local engineer, accompanied by New Zealand Defence Force personnel and NZAID, was to assess the water tank and make other engineering assessments today.Air Force Iroquois helicopters were distributing aid, transporting engineers to check water tanks, providing aerial photos of affected areas and moving NZDF and NZ police personnel.New Zealand army engineers and police teams were continuing to search for survivors on Samoa’s southeast coast.The HMNZS Canterbury would be loaded from 7pm tonight to be ready in case the government decided to send the ship to Samoa.Defence Force medics and an air force Boeing 757 were also involved in the assistance effort.
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A New Zealand plan for a “global alliance” to tackle agricultural greenhouse gas emissions looks set to be backed with American clout and cash.
Prime Minister John Key announced the plan at the start of critical United Nations talks in New York today and said New Zealand would establish a world wide “virtual network” for climate change research into agriculture and food production.
He will use his first visit to New York and the United Nations to lobby other nations to sign up.
There had so far been indications of Indian and American support, Mr Key said.
But New Zealand is likely to be asked to contribute more to the world wide climate change effort; a bid for industrialised countries to make a massive financial contribution to help out developing countries was high on the agenda in Mr Key’s first meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. .
“He talked about the financial contributions that countries will have to make to those developing nations. The meeting took place early this morning New Zealand time.
“This is a large amount of money being argued that should be put on the table and given to developing countries as they learn to adapt to climate change. He’s talking about a quarter of a trillion dollars a year with $100 billion coming from the European Union,” Mr Key said today.
Mr Key’s first day in New York kicked off with a 45 minute meeting with former US President Bill Clinton, where the war in Afghanistan was discussed.”
The financial package is also expected to be high on the agenda at upcoming talks among the so-called G20 group of industrialised nations; while New Zealand is not a member, Mr Key expects to be briefed by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at their conclusion on the possible financial implications.
He called the summit in an attempt to break a deadlock in the lead-up to the Copenhagen talks.
But climate change and the costs it will impose on both rich and poor nations is likely to dominate his week; in his opening speech to a UN climate summit today, Mr Ban warned that failure to reach agreement on a new climate change accord in Copenhagen later this year would be “morally inexcusable”.
Mr Obama, meanwhile, acknowledged that the United States had been among nations which had been “slow to act” on climate change, but promised a “new era”.
In an historic first, China’s President Hu Jintao followed US President Barack Obama in addressing today’s summit, and promised to curb China’s rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Prime Minister John Key leaves today for a politically high-octane week in New York meeting US President Barack Obama, world leaders, the head of the United Nations and appearing on a TV show watched by more than three million people.
Mr Key will be front and centre on the international stage, with a one-on-one meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and a speech to the General Assembly, but most interest will focus on an opportunity to meet United States President Barack Obama.
The pair have talked by phone but the chance to chat and shake hands at a function the President is hosting will be the first meeting.
“That I think it is improving and that’s a positive sign I think for both countries.
“I will reaffirm to him to him that we are very pleased with the way the relationship is going,” Mr Key told .
Mr Key’s week kicks off with a UN event on climate change hosted by Mr Ban as he tries to galvanise political will to make serious commitments so a meeting in Copenhagen in December can progress.”
If he has the chance he will remind Mr Obama of the importance of a trade agreement and the outlook in Afghanistan, where New Zealand has troops.
He has also been invited to attend a Clinton Global Initiative event which Mr Obama and former president Bill Clinton will attend followed by a meeting..
“It’s an economic focus. ..
“But it will be interesting to see what ideas are presented.
“I think we get a sense that around the world confidence is emerging albeit that it’s on a very fragile base. In particular what the attitude is towards trade, and potentially resolution towards (the Doha trade round). In particular what the attitude is towards trade, and potentially resolution towards (the Doha trade round).
“It’s been quite useful because he’s tended to give an Australasian perspective, and also a debrief after the meeting so he’s been a good friend in that regard.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is attending that meeting, and will have a quick talk with Mr Key beforehand.
In his address to the General Assembly at the end of the week Mr Key would focus on New Zealand’s continued commitment to the UN, multi-lateral diplomacy, and climate change.”
New Zealand would urge progress on the Doha round of trade talks and progress on climate change.
“I think this is a great area where New Zealand can punch above its weight.
Mr Key will also attend a UN Security Council meeting on disarmament and non-proliferation, chaired by President Obama.”
. We’ve been a leader in being a non-nuclear country and it’s an area President Obama raised with me
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Dad could not believe his good luck. Steve Monforto made a great grab, catching his first foul ball after years of going to Phillies games. Big mistake. He fist-bumped his buddies, high-fived his 3-year-old daughter and then handed her the prize.
Stunned by his toddler’s toss this week, all Pop could do was hug her. .
Philly crowds are known for being a tough bunch, but everyone at Citizens Bank Park cheered – first his catch, then his cuddle.
“I didn’t want her to think she did anything wrong,” Monforto said on WIP-AM radio today (NZ time).
Cameras captured the scene of Monforto reaching over the railing and snagging Jayson Werth’s foul in the fifth inning against Washington.
“This was the true reflection of what Philly fans are like,” Bonnie Clark, the team’s vice president of communications, said. The entire family is scheduled to appear on the “Today” show tomorrow (NZ time).
The video was displayed at the top of the Yahoo! Web page and made the NBC national news. A few of them, actually.
Monforto and his daughter still went home with a baseball. and three team employees saw what happened and each grabbed a ball and went up to the stands.
Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
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“He was very appreciative,” Phillies executive Mike Stiles said
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Dressed in gang colours and bandannas, children as young as three are being fitted out by their parents for a life in one of the country’s most feared underworld groups.
has learned police have shocking photos of around 40 kids, some barely out of nappies, dressed in the black and yellow colours of the notorious Killer Beez.
The pictures have alarmed Prime Minister John Key.
discovered a Bebo profile set up by a six-year-old who poses in the distinctive gang clothing, with a heavy gold watch on his wrist.
“I was disturbed to see the images sent to me by and I believe most New Zealanders will be as well,” he said.
And he lists his interests as fast cars, motorbikes and tough dogs.
Defiantly making the Killer Beez’s trademark middle finger signal, he boasts about his gangland connections in the “hood Otara” in south Auckland.
“I got heaps of uncles and they are Colourway and Killer Beez,” he writes. . His Bebo page, illustrated with pictures of vicious-looking pit bull terriers, has links to other profiles dedicated to the Killer Beez and Tribesmen gangs.
“This shows the level of challenge facing communities where gang culture has taken hold,” the Prime Minster said. He was appalled by the pictures which include children in gang clothing, wearing gold “pimp” necklaces, straddling motorbikes, at gang parties and get-togethers, all giving the offensive finger sign. Joining a gang does not offer that.
“As a country we need better role models for our children and young people, and a better education system that gives people hope that they can make a better life for themselves and their families.”
Police are extremely concerned about the images of gang members posturing with their impressionable children on Bebo and YouTube.”
Police are extremely concerned about the images of gang members posturing with their impressionable children on Bebo and YouTube.
“This is the same thing.
“Research has shown if you grow up in a house where you’ve seen your dad beat your mum up, kids tend to gravitate towards that when they become adults,” he said.. And of course it p**ses me off . but where do you start?”
can’t identify the six-year-old for legal reasons and were unable to reach the boy’s parents or the Killer Beez..
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A prospective house buyer who had a heart attack is recovering in hospital today after a cardiologist who was a fellow bidder at an auction saved his life.
When bidding resumed after the drama at Barfoot and Thompson’s auction room in central Auckland on Wednesday, the doctor finished up with the Epsom property.
He said the heart patient had stopped bidding by the time he had the attack, while the cardiologist was one of two parties still active in the auction.
Managing director Peter Thompson said today that the incident repaid the company’s decision to buy a defibrillator for the auction room in Kitchener St two years ago.
“The patient had stopped breathing and the company defibrillator brought him back to life.
“Our auction team quickly got into action and straight away the cardiologist in his role came and took over,” he said.
“The auction recommenced and the cardiologist, who was the underbidder, ended up getting the property.”
An ambulance was called and Mr Thompson said the whole incident took about 20 minutes.
Mr Thompson said the company made the decision to buy a defibrillator because the auction room was a public domain with large crowds. .
“We never expected to use it,” he said.
It also had the same device in its training room. But when you look at it now, it has certainly paid for itself many times over.
“At the time we looked at the cost and thought, `Ooh’.”
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A former Fijian soldier who got a job in
New Zealand as a prison guard has had his work permit revoked because of his involvement in the coup in Fiji in December 2006. .
Two days later the Government banned visas for anyone with Fijian military connections as at the date of the coup, December 6, wishing to enter New Zealand.
He was released from the Fijian Military Force when he came to New Zealand but only resigned in April 2007.
Veitogavi, who first came to New Zealand in 2005 on a Fijian Affairs Board scholarship, later got a job with the Corrections Department.
Veitogavi appealed to the Ombudsman who said in March this year the revocation was unfair, and recommended the matter be considered by the minister.
In May 2007 the immigration service revoked his work permit because he had been a member of the Fijian military at the time of the coup.
Instead, Veitogavi’s lawyers asked the High Court to review the immigration department decision.
However, the judge said that the case was not dismissed on the basis of a technical time bar.
In a recent decision from the High Court in Auckland, Justice Geoffrey Venning ruled that the long delay in bringing the case meant it was out of time.
Though the Ombudsman accepted the process was unfair, she did not consider that Immigration New Zealand had acted unlawfully.
“Even a brief review of the merits suggests that the applicant had a difficult case to make for review,” Justice Venning said.
“While the applicant’s case may be arguable, it cannot be described as strong, and as noted by the Court of Appeal even if it was strong, there is no proper excuse for the substantial delay in this case,” the judge said.
Justice Venning said the Ombudsman’s finding that the process was unfair did not equate to a finding of unreasonableness in judicial review terms.
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They won the Ranfurly Shield by humiliating Auckland 27-0 last year, ending a 26-year shield drought. However, after just five successful defences, Wellington’s tenure ended in the most inglorious circumstances last night.
Such was Canterbury’s complete dominance it was, at times, undignified.
The Lions were given a spanking (there’s no other word for it) by new holders Canterbury in one of the most one-sided challenges in shield history.
Otago, whose own shield history is littered with countless unsuccessful challenges, get first tilt as first mandatory challenger at AMI Stadium in a fortnight’s time.
Up 26-0 at halftime, Canterbury could even afford to substitute star first five-eighths Dan Carter after 65 minutes, the game already well and truly won at 36-0. That will help Otago’s cause.
Canterbury will play without their All Blacks, who will confront the Springboks in Hamilton the same night. .
But if Canterbury perform as well as they did last night, then a long shield era beckons. I’m not sure how up Wellington were, to be fair, but certainly any shield game is a battle and I just can’t praise the boys enough for what they produced.
Canterbury coach Rob Penney said: “It was impressive. Although some of the results haven’t been going for them, they’ve been playing well.
“Obviously that first defence will be against Otago who are trucking along really well.”
Canterbury’s systematic dismantling of Wellington began at scrum time. They had a crack against Wellington earlier on in the campaign so they know what it’s about and we won’t have the players available to us that we had today, so the mantle is going to be handed over to another group of people to try to do the right thing and defend it as well as they can.
Canterbury skipper George Whitelock played in his side’s celebrated No7 jersey with a certain Richie McCaw having to be content with packing down at the back of the scrum. Former All Blacks prop John Schwalger was humiliated at the set piece; squeezed, squashed and then spat out by his younger, stronger opposites with embarrassing ease. Both men played as if attached by a piece of invisible elastic.
The move by Penney turned into a masterstroke. But as Michael Jones did before him, as his body shape changed with age, a move to No8 may be in the All Blacks’ interests (although it has to be said not in Rodney So’oialo’s or Kieran Read’s interests). The question being asked by night’s end was why hasn’t this happened before?
McCaw still prefers to play openside.