Two charged with neglect following 2015 child death in Kaikohe

Thursday 17 July 2025 · 5 outlets · 5 reports · updated Thu 17 Jul 2025, 2:25pm

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Police have charged a man and a woman with neglect regarding the 2015 death of four-year-old Alestra Kepa-Hati in Kaikohe. The child had sustained a broken arm, a broken pelvis, and two head injuries in the weeks before her death. The investigation into the unexplained death has been ongoing for ten years.

How they headlined it

2:06pm

1. StuffThu 17 Jul 2025, 2:06pm

   Two people charged in historical child death case (opens in new tab)

2. 1NewsThu 17 Jul 2025, 2:07pm

   Pair charged with neglect 10 years after four-year-old girl's death (opens in new tab)

3. RNZThu 17 Jul 2025, 2:08pm

   Man and woman charged over child death in Kaikohe cold case (opens in new tab)

4. NZ HeraldThu 17 Jul 2025, 2:17pm

   Alestra Kepa-Hati: Police lay neglect charges in historic child death case (opens in new tab)

5. Otago Daily TimesThu 17 Jul 2025, 2:25pm

   Charges laid over neglect in unexplained child death (opens in new tab)