Tangaroa Matiu

Genesis Mahanga had been convicted of murder in 2000 of his stepson, 3-year-old Tangaroa Matiu in Auckland in 2000. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He had beaten the boy with a fence paling and toilet brush when the child soiled his pants. The boy died from blood loss. A pathologist said the boy was hit 100 times and had a minimum of 300 bruises on his body when he died. Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/117815009/killer-goes-back-t...

2000: Tangaroa Matiu, aged 3 years: Genesis Mahanga was the boyfriend of Tangaroa’s mother. He beat Tangaroa with a toilet brush and a piece of wood, on his feet, hands, back, knees, shoulders, scrotum and head. The fatal attack took place over 30 minutes. Tangaroa had been systematically beaten by Mahanga over a period of months. Tangaroa died of blood loss from his injuries. His mother, Hoani Rose Matiu, contributed to the assault by Mahanga, and failed to get medical assistance for her son. Mahanga pleaded guilty to manslaughter but was found guilty of murder by the jury. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Matiu was found guilty of two counts of manslaughter and two counts of cruelty to a child. Her sentences of 7 years for manslaughter and 18 months for cruelty were concurrent. Source: https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/12241/...

Sources

1. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/naughty-tangaroa-died-of-100-vicious-...
2. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/117815009/killer-goes-back-t...