Kororia Calico Emerald Vick Matthews-Poumako

Killed by mother Kataraina Te Iti Matthews. Kororia was found death with her mother Kataraina at a flat on Dominion Road in Mt Roskill, Auckland. Kataraina had been battling alcoholism and had been in rehabilitation treatment. Source: https://debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/new-zealand-....

A 14-month-old girl died at the hands of her mother, who was seeking help for substance abuse. Kataraina Te Iti Matthews, 33, and Kororia Matthews-Poumako, 14 months, were found dead at a flat on Dominion Rd, in Mt Roskill. She had another 11-year-old child being cared for by relatives in Tauranga. An Auckland neighbour, who declined to be named, said the four-unit complex was used as temporary housing for people seeking help from the Salvation Army. She said the woman had been living there for about two weeks. "She was lovely. I had spoken to her and she was really nice," the woman said. "She came over to me and asked if she could borrow something and I held the little girl by the hand. She was well-behaved." She saw police examining the house for four days after the April 1 death. Source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-fatal-cost-of-addiction-for-tot/X...

MATTHEWS Kataraina and MATTHEWS-POUMAKO Kororia Together, tragically in Auckland on April 1st 2011. Dearly loved Mummy and sister of Kyra, daughter and granddaughter of Shirley and the late Jared, sister and niece of Whetumarama. Funeral service is to be held at Pyes Pa Cemetery Chapel, 403 Pyes Pa Road Tauranga on Thursday April 7th at 10am followed by a burial service. Messages to "Matthews Family", 25 Ninth Avenue Tauranga. Source: https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx...