A woman has been charged after allegedly leaving a baby in a car in Tauranga last week. The baby was left unattended in a vehicle on Gravatt Rd, Papamoa Beach on January 31. A 21-year-old Tauranga woman has been charged with neglect of a child and will appear in court next week. Members of the public told of how the baby cried in the car as they searched for its mother. Last Monday, a woman shopping in Napier found a child distressed and sweating profusely, still locked into their car seat, after being left in a locked hot car in 33C heat while their mother was inside shopping.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 04, 2019 00:22 UTC