Women's Refuge backtrack on abuse storyTVNZ Nicola Dally-Paki told Newshub how the couple caring for her son locked him in a bathroom to starve. We have a recorded interview in which Ms Te Tomo said, unprompted, that Women's Refuge questioned Tania Shailer about possible abuse from her towards Moko. Te Tomo said the fall-out from the story had impacted on staff when they were are still providing normal refuge services to the community. Women's Refuge is in damage control over its role in the Moko Rangitoheriri case with the organisation backtracking on comments that they knew about abuse toward him from the woman who eventually killed him. SUPPLIED/FAIRFAX NZ Moko Rangitoheriri died after horrific abuse but is fondly remembered by family as boy with a cheeky grin.

Source: Stuff May 17, 2016 17:21 UTC