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Referral warned of Kahui twins risk
The Kahui family's social worker warned it was possible twins Chris and Cru could be at risk before they returned home a month before they died, but the warning was not acted on.
The Kahui family's social worker warned it was possible twins Chris and Cru could be at risk before they returned home a month before they died, but the warning was not acted on.
Professionals who worked with the Kahui family prior to the deaths of twinsChris and Cru had no cause for concern other than the parents' infrequent hospital visits, an inquest hears.
Medical professionals are supporting a coroner's suggestion that it be mandatory for them to report suspected child abuse cases to CYF.
Engaging the health sector could reduce the "shameful" child abuse rate in NZ, an inquest into the deaths of the Kahui twins has heard.
A coroner conducting an inquest into the deaths of Chris and Cru Kahui has turned his attention to the phenomenon of child abuse in NZ.
A seven-month-old girl died after a "profound episode of shaking" by either her mother or father, a Coroner has found.
The Crown has conceded there was a miscarriage of justice in the trial of a musician convicted of assaulting his son.
An aunt of Chris and Cru Kahui today denied that she "cooked up a story" with her husband to protect her sister Macsyna King about her whereabouts on the night the twins received the injuries from which they died.
The aunt of three-month-old twins Chris and Cru Kahui asked not to be filmed during an inquest into the 2006 death of the boys today because she feared for her family's safety.
The mother of twins Chris and Cru Kahui did not want her brother to speak to police after their deaths, he told an inquest today.
Chris Kahui denied hurting his three-month-old twins but wanted to hand himself into police after their deaths, an inquest hears.
Chris Kahui has denied at an inquest that he hurt his sons to get Macsyna King to come home
The father of slain twins Chris and Cru Kahui agreed he was trying to protect his sons from his own anger under cross-examination at an inquest into their deaths today.
The father of slain twins Chris and Cru Kahui agreed he was careless about signing his police statement before reading it properly.
Chris Kahui has changed his mind about why he thinks his former partner Macsyna King caused the deaths of their twin boys, a coroner's inquest heard today.
Chris Kahui said "whatever" when Macsyna King asked him to come to the hospital to see their injured sons, an inquest has been told.
The mother of the Kahui twins broke down in tears at an inquest today as she conceded that her evidence about how she came into hospital "does not match" that of a nurse.
Macsyna King maintains she never "hurt" or "beat" her twin sons, telling an inquest into their deaths "I did not cause them any injuries".