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Ryan Bridge: Protecting children starts in the home
The brutal death of that poor wee boy Malachi is a disgrace.
It's heartbreaking to think an adult could be so cruel to young child. Malachi was beaten, starved, thrown against walls... you name it. Basically torture.
Now we have these debates popping up about it. Should the Minister front for interviews? Karen Chhour, herself a product of the foster care system, was criticised yesterday for attending a pre-planned lunch event to eat some lamb on Parliament's lawn.
She should have, according to the RNZ story, presumably been inside answering questions about why more wasn't being done about…
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