A Tīrau mother has been charged with murdering her toddler.
Southern Thompson, 26, is accused of killing Comfort Joy Thompson-Pene between July 20 and July 23 last year.
The 18-month-old died in Waikato Hospital on July 24.
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Taupō police laid the murder charge this morning.