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The mother of tortured Rotorua three-year-old Nia Glassie has had her parole revoked by the Parole Board.

Lisa Michelle Kuka was granted parole last month because the board said she no longer posed an undue risk to the community.

She was due to be released on April 7.

But today it released a decision revoking that ruling, based on information it had received from the Corrections Department on February 28.

Details of that information were not known.

Why not?

"We direct that Ms Kuka be scheduled to see the Parole Board again as soon as practicable," the board said.

Kuka started her nine-year sentence for the manslaughter of her daughter on February 4, 2009.

Her then partner, Wiremu Curtis, and his brother Michael were sentenced to life imprisonment for the little girl's murder.

Nia Glassie died on August 3, 2007, from head injuries after being repeatedly kicked.

She had been subjected to ongoing abuse, usually when her mother was out at work, including being put in a clothes dryer, hung on a clothesline and spun around, used in wrestling moves, having objects thrown at her and being subjected to cold baths.

Kuka did not take Nia to hospital, and was found guilty of manslaughter on the basis she failed in her duties as a parent protect her and provide care.

- NZ Herald

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These sorts of decisions are few and far between. Rebecca Quillam reports The mother of tortured Rotorua three-year-old Nia Glassie has had her parole revoked by the Parole Board. Lisa Michelle Kuka was granted parole last month because the board said she no longer posed an undue risk to the community.

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Justice Finally Comes For Nia Glassie, Children's Commissioner.

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Tuesday, 18 November, 2008 - 13:36

While it in no way compensates for the loss of Nia Glassie's life, today's guilty verdicts mean that in this case at least, some justice has occurred, Children's Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said today.

"Media coverage of this court case has made for gruelling reading and the testimony of child witnesses was chilling for the stark way they told of the atrocities going on in Nia Glassie's home. Most disturbing was that they saw this abusive behaviour as normal," Dr Kiro said.

"Through the court case it became evident that a number of adults, both family members and neighbours, were aware of the neglect and abuse Nia was subject to. That they didn't speak out in time is something they will have to live with. "Family, friends and neighbours need to step up if they know, or even if they think, children are in danger. They need to call the Police or Child, Youth and Family.

"We have seen too many crimes where family and friends close rank and Police are unable to successfully prosecute people who kill children. At least in this case people have spoken out. It is sad that this case has ended in a week that marks the World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse, tomorrow (19 November).

"After cases such as this the blame game begins. While ultimately responsibility rests with the person or people who take the life of a child, or children, that we tolerate child abuse and neglect is an indictment on our society.

"New Zealand has a high tolerance to violence and much of the violence towards children is perpetrated in the name of discipline. There are no acceptable ways of hitting children. "To protect children we need to focus on quality parenting, reducing poverty to ensure people raising children have enough income and quality housing, and making available appropriate services that are responsive to the needs of children and their families at the earliest opportunity.

"Solving New Zealand's child abuse problem involves having professionals in health, education and child protection able to easily share information about children at risk. Child abusers are often very clever at working around systems. They move house a lot, never let the child see a doctor more than once, move the child from school to school and generally have ways of avoiding getting a record that establishes patterns of worrying behaviour.

"Parenting is a tough job. But there are a number of organisations that offer advice or information including Plunket, Barnardos, SKIP (Strategies for kids, information for parents) and Parents Centres New Zealand. Most communities run some kind of parenting courses. However, people have to be proactive in seeking this advice and support by picking up the telephone, visiting one of these offices in their area, or searching on the Internet for courses that might suit them."

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Tuesday, 18 November, 2008 - 13:36 While it in no way compensates for the loss of Nia Glassie's life, today's guilty verdicts mean that in this case at least, some justice has occurred, Children's Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said today.

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While Nia Glassie's death was tragic, there has been some consolation in the justice served at the end of her murder trial, says Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro.

The four-week trial over the violent death of Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie ended today with murder convictions for brothers Wiremu and Michael Curtis.

Wiremu Curtis, 19, and Michael Curtis, 22, were found guilty in Rotorua High Court this afternoon over what the Crown described as horrific ongoing abuse and beatings which equated to torture and eventually led to the three-year-old's death.

Nia's mother, Lisa Kuka, 35, was found guilty on two manslaughter charges relating to a lack of protection and failure to seek medical help for her critically injured daughter.

Kuka was Wiremu Curtis's partner at the time of the abuse.

Nia died of brain injuries in Auckland's Starship Hospital on August 3 last year, two weeks after suffering what the Crown said were fatal kicks to the head by the brothers.

Nia's death did not just shock New Zealand, it is also being reported widely across Australia and several major news site have featured the guilty verdicts prominently.

In the months leading up to her death the toddler had suffered horrific abuse while being brought up in an environment where she was often surrounded by several people.

Nia's cousin Michael Pearson, 20, and Michael Curtis' partner Oriwa Kemp, 18, were found not guilty of manslaughter in relation to the death.

They were, however, found guilty along with the Curtis brothers on various other charges.

The Curtis brothers and Kemp were found guilty on ill-treatment charges, specifically relating to swinging Nia on a clothesline, and also on general ill-treatment charges.

Pearson escaped a conviction on the general charge.

The brothers and Pearson were also found guilty of charges relating to putting Nia in a tumble drier.

Media reported the Curtis brothers were visibly upset when their guilty verdicts were returned and needed to be restrained by prison guards.

Dr Kiro said today that media coverage of the four-week trial made for gruelling reading and the testimony of child witnesses painted a chilling picture of what went on in Nia's home.

"Most disturbing was that they saw this abusive behaviour as normal," Dr Kiro said.

"Through the court case it became evident that a number of adults, both family members and neighbours, were aware of the neglect and abuse Nia was subject to.

"That they didn't speak out in time is something they will have to live with."

The five had been on trial for four weeks and the jury had over 20 charges to consider before returning the verdicts.

Justice Judith Trotter broke down following the verdicts.

She thanked the jury for their work.

She said the four and a half week trial had taken it toll on them and offered counselling and excused them from further jury duty.

Radio New Zealand said her voice began breaking as she spoke and she cried.

The case surrounding Nia's death caused a national outcry when information about it emerged last year, and feelings were inflamed as finer details of the abuse emerged throughout the trial.

Lawyers for Pearson and Kemp distanced their clients from the worst of the abuse, saying they were either not directly involved or not present at all when the worst of it occurred.

Kuka's lawyer described her as a hard working mother who wanted the best for her children but had made a big mistake in pairing up with a then 17-year-old Wiremu Curtis.
A SHORT BUT TORTURED LIFE
Abuse suffered by Rotorua three-year-old Nia Glassie during her short but tortured life included:

* Kicked in the face, causing her nose to bleed;

* Hit, slapped, punched and jumped on;

* Objects such as shoes thrown at her;

* Verbal insults, for example continually being told she was ugly;

* Forced into a television cabinet drawer;

* Dragged through the sandpit half-naked;

* Shoved into piles of rubbish;

* Made to bathe in cold water in mid-winter;

* Folded into a sofa and sat on;

* Flung against the wall;

* Held high in the air and dropped to the floor;

* Used for adult wrestling moves copied from a Playstation game;

* Whirled rapidly on a rotary clothesline until flung off;

* Put into a tumble dryer and spun on high temperature;

* Had her head and feet dangled into the fireplace when the fire was lit;

* Kicked repeatedly in the head because she was crying;

* Left lying in a coma for 36 hours without medical attention.

Nia Glassie died on August 3, 2007, from massive bleeding between her skull and brain, 12 days after being taken to hospital.

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While Nia Glassie's death was tragic, there has been some consolation in the justice served at the end of her murder trial, says Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro. The four-week trial over the violent death of Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie ended today with murder convictions for brothers Wiremu and Michael Curtis.

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Little Nia Glassie's torture is over. But her death on Friday makes more urgent the question: how could anyone allow a child to be treated in such a way? The answer, in part at least, must lie in how this innocent life came to depend on the five adults accused of abusing her. Leigh van der Stoep and Tony Wall chart the events that brought the `Koutu Five' together under one roof.

He was just a boy, the son of a Black Power gangster who had subjected his family to years of violence.

She was twice his age and a mother of six: on the lookout for a new boyfriend after the father of her kids abandoned her.

Wiremu Curtis, 17, and Lisa Kuka, 34, met at her nephew's 21st in Rotorua about a year ago and quickly moved in together.

By themselves, perhaps they stood a chance of providing a nurturing environment for the three children still in Kuka's care, including three-year-old Nia.

But they moved into a crowded house in the northern Rotorua suburb of Koutu with members of their immediate and extended families, a cocktail containing all the ingredients for the horror that unfolded.

It is hard to imagine abuse worse than that which led to Nia Glassie's death at Auckland's Starship Hospital on Friday afternoon.

Nia was spun in a tumble dryer, hung from a clothesline, left on the roof and had hunks of wood thrown at her - all for the amusement of her tormenters.

Had she survived, medical experts privately predicted Nia's injuries would have left her severely brain damaged and in a wheelchair.

The presence of Wiremu's father, 47-year-old William, or Willy, Curtis, should have offered Nia some protection - if he had set an example for the youths. Instead, he allegedly joined in the abuse and, before Nia's death, was charged with assault and causing her grievous bodily harm between March and July.

The others charged with assaulting Nia are Wiremu, his older brother Michael, 21, Michael's girlfriend Oriwa Kemp, 17, and Lisa's nephew Michael Pearson, 19. Lisa Kuka has not been charged.

This is the story of how they came together.

In Mangere, South Auckland, a 43-year-old woman who hadn't met Nia until after she was taken to Starship Children's Hospital on Sunday, July 22, is feeling alone and frightened.

She doesn't want to be named, but she is the mother of Wiremu and Michael Curtis, and the former partner of their father, William. We'll refer to her by her initials, TT.

She has struck up a rapport with Lisa Kuka, who she hadn't previously met, and had been keeping vigil at Starship.

More than 10 years ago TT left William Curtis, but his shadow still hangs over her.

"Getting out of the relationship wasn't easy, it was really hard," she says. In fact, it took her years.

When she met Curtis he was a patched Black Power member.

William's father, Richard Curtis, had died when William was a toddler. An uncle, also named William, took him in, but then he was given to another uncle, Robert, and his family. (Yet another uncle, the late George, was the father of Hollywood actor Cliff Curtis.)

TT says William did not appear to have any sense of family.

"He was more or less a castaway."

She says when she met William Curtis in the 80s he was moving between homes and would often end up in hospital when he got bashed by fellow gangsters.

The couple set up home in South Auckland, and for a few years Curtis worked for the council doing maintenance work.

TT came to the relationship with a son. They had three children together, Michael, born in 1986, Wiremu, born in 1989, and a daughter born in 1991.

TT says Curtis was a good father to Michael, who was a "daddy's boy".

"I fought so desperately to get my children away from him, but Michael wouldn't have a bar of it, he wanted his father regardless of what he was like."

Wiremu did not have as much contact with his father as he was taken away as part of a whangai adoption arrangement to be raised in Northland by TT's sister and her husband.

Curtis also had two children from a previous relationship, and TT had taken one of them, a troubled boy, into their home. He would behave badly and "do stupid things", which TT says would earn him a hiding from his dad. The boy killed himself when he was 16.

Her first attempt at leaving Curtis ended disastrously. She called the police and she and her newborn daughter were taken to a "safe house".

"It didn't work, he knew where I was. He tracked me down and by the next morning he was there. He was calm, and he told me to come home."

It would be several more years before she finally left Curtis, and TT says her decision meant her boys turned against her, wanting to be with their father.

About three years ago, Wiremu's adoptive father became terminally ill and Wiremu nursed him until his death. "He took it really hard. When he died, Wiremu was lost."

TT's sister needed time out and put Wiremu on a bus back to his mother in Auckland.

"I was supposed to pick him up in the city, but our communications were mixed up and there was no one there to pick him up. He jumped on the next bus to Rotorua."

It was a quirk of fate that would have repercussions for a little girl called Nia.

At her weatherboard home on a neatly kept section in Koutu, Rotorua, Polly Kuka, 71, looks back on her life and how she became a virtual "baby factory".

She had 17 children - her first when she was 15 - and one every 10 months or so for the next two decades.

Lisa was born 34 years ago, and other children included twins Louise and Linda, and Donna, who would later adopt one of Lisa's children.

Their father was Daniel Kuka, who died last year aged 81 - Polly left him 27 years ago and is now in a new relationship.

Polly still works as a timber grader in Rotorua, a male-dominated job she has had since she left her husband.

She is a fastidious woman, and cannot stand to see dirty children or unkempt homes. She was particularly annoyed by the state of Lisa and Louise's houses.

"It annoys me to see my daughters live like that in filth," she says.

She even kept a set of clothes for visiting grandchildren so that they wouldn't be in faded or shabby attire, and would get them in the bath and wash their hair.

One day Polly looked outside and saw a scruffy looking boy on her porch. She chased him off, and told him she didn't want anyone to see dirty people on her property.

When told that the wretch was her daughter Lisa's new 17-year-old boyfriend, Wiremu, she said she didn't care, she didn't want him there. She was disgusted Lisa was with a boy half her age.

The pair had met at a 21st held at Lisa's sister Louise's flat, well-known for its frequent parties, in nearby Old Quarry Rd.

Polly thinks Wiremu saw Lisa as a meal ticket. Lisa worked as a supervisor at a kiwifruit factory in Te Puke and brought home about $600 a week.

When word filtered back to TT in Auckland that Wiremu had taken up with an older woman, she thought it could be a good thing.

"I thought that she could be a mother figure and look after him, and settle him down," she says.

Initially, Lisa and Wiremu lived together in a one-bedroom home in Glenholme, central Rotorua, with three of Lisa's four children to Glassie Junior Glassie, her former partner of 11 years.

The pair had split when Junior, as he is known, brought another woman around and, according to Polly, told Lisa he was now with this woman as he wanted a thinner girlfriend. The new couple later moved to Australia.

"That broke her. I think that's where it all went wrong," Polly says.

By the time she took up with Wiremu, Lisa had custody of only three of her children to Junior - Jessie, 10, Esther, eight, and Nia, three.

The fourth, Jerome, 11, was taken in by Glassie Glassie senior and his wife, Celina, in Tokoroa, when Junior moved to Australia.

Lisa's eldest, Roy, 16, was taken away years earlier by his biological father.

Another child, Jamie, now 14, has been living with Lisa's sister Donna since she was a baby. Polly does not know who Jamie or Roy's fathers are.

The one-bedroom unit in Glenholme was too small for Wiremu and Lisa, so they moved to a three-bedroom fibrolite home at the end of a right-of-way in Frank St.

That was where the trouble began.

Wiremu's older brother Michael was one of those who moved into Frank St, in the suburb of Koutu, along with his girlfriend Oriwa Kemp.

Kemp's late mother was a drunk who was often absent, so it was left to her grandmother to play the role of parent. A disruptive pupil, Kemp was expelled from Rotorua Primary, then enrolled at Kawaha Point school, where several of Polly's grandchildren also attended.

Polly remembers Kemp stealing their lunch. A former teacher recalls occasions when Kemp would be found wandering the streets at night, seemingly in a daze. She would arrive at school the next day in the same clothes, not having eaten.

Her grandmother showed an interest in her welfare, going to the school to discuss her behaviour, but Kemp seemed uncontrollable.

At 15 she gave birth to a girl, Tahlia. It is understood the father is Michael Curtis. Around Christmas of last year, the couple and Tahlia moved into the house in Frank St, joined a few months later by Wiremu, Lisa and her children. Lisa's nephew Michael Pearson, her sister Louise's son, would occasionally stay.

TT says that by this stage, the Wiremu she had known had completely changed, and would make gangster signs with his hands. The walls of the Frank St home were adorned with pictures of American gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur.

Life there was volatile. Neighbours say they often heard people fighting and screaming, and crashes and bangs. One time a young woman, believed to be Kemp, was heard sobbing, pleading for someone to let her into the house. She spent the whole night outside.

Lisa worked six days a week, leaving at 5am and sometimes not arriving home until 10pm. Her children were left in the care of Kemp and the Curtis brothers - none of whom worked. Sometimes Nia would be left with extended family.

Polly says everyone assumed Esther and Jessie went to school, but she now knows this was not the case. Neighbours say they often saw the girls outside, but they were not allowed to play with other children.

It is unclear where William Curtis allegedly abused Nia. Neighbours say they never saw anyone that old near the property.

TT says her sons had stayed with their dad prior to moving in together.

"Willy has no rules in his house," she says. "They just do whatever they want to. In my house, it's run by rules. I think that's why the children didn't want to stay with me."

Lisa too spurned a more stable environment for her children.

"This is the hurting part - she had family," says Polly. "We offered a place for Lisa to stay with the kids, but she didn't want to stay because I would not look after those kids so she could go out boozing."

The catalyst for Nia finally being uplifted from Frank St was a boozy 21st party for Michael Curtis on Saturday, July 21. Nia was asleep in a bedroom -her mother told people she had the flu.

About 8pm, Louise Kuka arrived at the house and, concerned that the children were at risk, took them to her place. Louise said her sister made her promise not to take Nia to hospital, but she did so the following morning, by which stage the toddler was convulsing and foaming at the mouth.

Polly says Lisa had been a good mother when she was with Glassie Jnr, who was a good father. Her children were polite and well mannered. She says Lisa never used to drink back then.

Polly wonders where she, as a mother of 17, went wrong.

"Now they (her children) blame me for what's happened. They say it's because I left them, but I didn't. For me, it feels like 'What have I done?' I had everyone doing their chores when they were kids, I tried to do the right thing."

Before Nia died, Polly had been preparing herself to leave work and look after her grandaughter when she was released from hospital.

Instead she is preparing to bury her.

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Last week Maori Television turned 10. It is now a permanent feature of our broadcasting landscape, yet even before it started transmitting it was mired in controversy.

Its first chief executive, Canadian John Davy, appointed in 2002, was found to have falsified his qualifications, and resigned in disgrace.

Back then, few people gave Maori Television much of a future. Rumours abounded that if the National Party came to power they would get rid of it.

"It is just rubbish that we have got taxpayers funding that sort of expensive programming," fumed Murray McCully in 2002 when Tuku Morgan received public money to make a documentary series for Maori Television, "for what is going to be an audience you could count on one hand".

But you need more than one hand to count 1.8 million viewers a month, and the Nats haven't dared touch the channel.

With relatively low budgets for shows and the chance to do programmes that are not entirely driven by ratings, Maori Television has taken some risks, many of which have paid off. Shows like Kai Time on the Road and Homai te Pakipaki demonstrate that you can create popular, entertaining programmes that aren't just overseas franchises. Songs from the Inside contains positive messages of rehabilitation through unearthing creativity rather than receiving harsh punishment, and proves that reality television can be really good. It also shows that New Zealand is not just a country of rich, happy, liberal Pakeha JAFAs - as seen on some other channels.

Anyone who has followed the recent Kohanga Reo scandal will be aware of the crucial investigative role that Native Affairs has played. But it's their regular korero with Maori MPs that I particularly enjoy. The MPs may range from far Left to far Right, yet on Native Affairs they usually treat each other with warmth, humour and respect.

There are not many evening current affairs shows that have me liking Winston Peters, Tau Henare, Metiria Turei and Hone Harawira all at the same time.

A few years ago, Maori Television started providing excellent Anzac Day coverage. They even brought in the heavy artillery with "mother of the nation" Judy Bailey presenting. It was a critical and ratings success. Then - surprise - the major networks also upped their Anzac game.

Maori Television reminds me of Kiwibank - it may not be that big in terms of numbers, but it keeps the other bastards honest.

The channel has also taken up the slack left by TVNZ when they stopped showing excellent Sunday night overseas dramas. A recent highlight was Redfern Now, a drama series shot wholly in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Redfern. Using Aboriginal writers and actors, it's gritty, grimy and wonderful, and probably just the sort of thing Maori Television would love to do themselves if they had the funding.

So has Maori Television succeeded in its aim to "promote Maori language and culture through the provision of a high quality, cost-effective (read 'cheap') Maori television service"?

Not entirely, given that the percentage of Maori fluent in te reo fell by nearly 5 per cent over the last seven years. Yet surely revitalising the Maori language is the job of government, schools, kohanga reo, parents and iwi as well? Programming manager Haunui Royal argues that without his channel, the language would be in even more danger.

A day before the birthday celebrations began, Maori Television appointed Paora Maxwell as chief executive. Though apparently a favourite of board chair Georgina te Heuheu, it appears that he was not first choice of either Maori Television staff or the Government. I wish him the best of luck, and hope that he won't clip the youthful, stroppy wings of Native Affairs, or listen too closely to critics like Judith Collins, who believe Maori Television is "not dealing with the big issues. And when it does deal with them it is often seen not to be evenly handed".

I suggest Collins watches the next episode of Songs from the Inside to see how it deals with her "big issues" of justice and rehabilitation, then a Native Affairs panel to see the even-handed treatment that Maori National MPs receive. Nga mihi ki a Whakaata Maori: Maori Television. He tino pai, whakanuia!

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BAPS Reimbursement, 06 July 2018

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā

He karanga tēnei ki ngā kaimahi o mua o Whakaata Māori, tēnā koutou.

As a result of a review of our payroll system we have adjusted our payment calculations of leave as it relates to the 2003 Holidays Act.

We are retrospectively recalculating any historical payments to staff who worked overtime, were paid a bonus and undertook any other leave dating from 1 April 2016 to 1 April 2010.

Former staff members who were employed by Māori Television during this time are asked to contact us directly at payroll@maoritelevision.com

Māori language is a taonga (treasure) at the heart of Māori culture and New Zealand's unique cultural identity. Our vision is for Māori language to be valued, embraced and spoken by all.

Launched in 2004, Māori Television has two key long-term objectives:

To significantly contribute to the revitalisation of the Māori language; and

To be an independent Māori television service that is relevant, effective and widely accessible.

Underpinning these objectives are our values:

Kia tika - being professional, maintaining high standards

Kia pono - being truthful, honest and acting with integrity

Kia aroha - being respectful and empathetic

Kia Māori - maintaining and upholding core Māori values

Our strategy is based on inclusivity - building a connection to Māori culture for all New Zealanders. We achieve this through the delivery of unique locally made programmes, good quality in-house programmes, free-to-air sport, intelligent and entertaining international programmes and coverage of events of significance to all New Zealanders.

Beyond the New Zealand public, Māori Television has two key stakeholder groups: The Crown (through the Minister of Māori Affairs and the Minister of Finance) and Te Mātāwai.

Our founding legislation, The Māori Television Service Act 2003, ensures our commitment and statutory obligation to:

Be a high quality, cost effective television provider which informs, educates and entertains;

Broadcast mainly in the Māori language;

Consider the needs of children participating in immersion education and anyone else learning Māori.

Through our range of programmes, Māori Television endeavours to show our place in the world and our world in one place.

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