A 3-year-old Northland child is due to be buried this afternoon around the same time a man is due in court charged with her murder.<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old man will appear in the Kaikohe District Court on Monday charged with assaulting a child sometime between 1 and 30 April, and with murdering the same child on 21 May.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Eternal Tides Funeral Services has advised that “our beautiful darling” – Catalya Remana Tangimetua-Pepene – was being farewelled today at Te Paea Marae, just north of Whang\u0101rei, starting at 10am.<\/p>\n
The toddler, known to close family as Remana, would be buried at the nearby St James Church cemetery in Ng\u0101raratunua.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to a home on Tawanui Road, in Kaikohe, about 6.15pm last Wednesday, where they found the girl unresponsive.<\/p>\n
Police said she could not be saved, despite medical treatment at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police investigating her death initially treated it as unexplained but announced the arrest late on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The man, who cannot be named before he has appeared in court, is due before a judge on early Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Detective Senior Sergeant Christan Fouhy said Victim Support was supporting the wh\u0101nau and local community following the tragedy.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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