A Wairoa woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her elderly mother in Napier.
Annie Rangi, 52, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Aileen MacDonald, 70, who was assaulted in her Veronica Ave home in Onekawa on December 28. She died three days later.
Rangi, from Wairoa, pleaded guilty this morning to a charge of manslaughter in relation to Mrs MacDonald's death.
She was remanded on bail and will be sentenced in the Napier High Court on August 11.
The plea was heard by Justice Simon France, presiding via video link from the High Court in Wellington.
At Mrs MacDonald's funeral in January, the grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of two was described by her family as "young at heart" and "always a bright light".
