A woman has been jailed for three years and two months after she punched her daughter, hit her in the head with a hammer, painted her face to hide the injuries and put her on an Air New Zealand flight to avoid responsibility.
The girl's abuse was discovered in June 2020 when the woman attempted to send her from Hawke's Bay Airport to the child's aunt in the South Island as an unaccompanied minor.
Two flight attendants became suspicious and cleaned away the then 9-year-old girl's face paint, revealing her injuries.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared via video link from prison on Thursday to be sentenced in the Napier District Court.