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Northland mother describes 6-year-old's meningococcal death


Northland mother describes 6-year-old s meningococcal death
30 Apr, 2021 09:00 PM
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Takarua Ngakuru (in picture) died from meningococcal disease. Photo / Michael Cunningham
As he lay dying from meningococcal disease, one of 6-year-old Takarua Ngakuru s final acts was to try and stop his mum from crying.
I don t want to make you cry Mum, because you re going to cry a lot, he said to his mother, Tui, before being loaded into a helicopter in Kaikohe en route to Whangārei Hospital in February.
Soon after, the kind and compassionate Tautoro School pupil, affectionately known as Bubbies , was dead. Tui, with her partner and their 11 children, were then left homeless - forced to leave their one-bedroom whare which health authorities say was a big factor in Takarua s passing. ....

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