The children of the Putaruru mother, father and grandma poisoned after eating wild boar and left temporarily paralysed will be given the remaining $60,000 of a fundraising campaign.
Naveen Eapen, a spokesman for the St Thomas Marthoma Church of New Zealand, said the church decided on Sunday to put the funds in a term deposit for the couple's two children.
"Part of the fundraising was for the kids as well and it was said the kids could be orphaned. So we thought it was appropriate that we put it in a trust fund for the kids to benefit them long term."
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The decision was made after the Weekend Herald revealed Shibu Kochummen, 36, his 65-year-old mother Alekutty Daniel and his wife Subi Babu, 34 had only received $42,520 of the $102,764 raised for them.