{"id":568718,"date":"2026-08-14T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/568718\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:36:08","slug":"acquitted-man-says-he-was-glued-to-sports-bets-on-day-toddler-was-fatally-injured-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/568718\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquitted man says he was glued to sports bets on day toddler was fatally injured &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxPLTRmQjd0c0NKSnpvZ3dKeEZLYmliUFBvejI5VFNuY0FadVRjOG9NQ2tGQnJYZzhIenFWSkhVNnZVbG92Wk0zZXJkWDB1WjA4YjczVE9mNm41ZEkyTnVvd3RLR2tfZHVNM3NmUWh5V011Q1RhZ1c5VFVTeE9XeGs1N0hmUXQ2YVZwek9RUFFGVTVhSWExUUg3d24wZ29pamVHeXBRSzJ4WElXSi1mZG03cUcwdFB0dGVaUERSNU5QckJOcjZyTzRucGJ6ZW1VbmF6ZkdEemNHelNZUEswc3FYY0hZbVhRREtTclZQejBKbnRWSkwwVFdlMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Acquitted man says he was glued to sports bets on day toddler was fatally injured<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNX2RQVXlQckhkR0ZCZnR2S1VBYklOLTF3M3ZKMGtMUFFaTWJ6TlVwaE5nWHBWUExtTXdLVlM4eGg4Q2xpNUJBc2JlWFp3OTJfSXpKY21kX3gxWmxrWTRsWVg3NUZKbmdKRHlCZWNJcjlwaGtlQUNLZTdWeUt6aVpDcWwtbmZoeFJZSXdRUUJkZk12M1ZiZFVhYndzZWt5UUhwc19ZdjVvaDI3YjRMeG92eGg4VlVDanRlNVpMd3pGdHluNmNfVFRHZUFB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stepfather of Tauranga todder found fatally injured gives evidence at inquest<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxOTDBCaFJtWHhrNk85MHF0WnB6bDZvbG84SVdSdFJzVE8tOFR3SWpQVWxBVlprX3FHaVJia05jZUhFSWphUXk1d051dkJGOXRDX1YxTkVZbk4wamNfelp3R3RSd01GZ1VjY1dwUi1QUUpZMVBVT0xhOTNhVFpSOHZ2R0lMWEhxX1hJd2R4M0ZYRlA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tears as neighbour recalls toddler&#8217;s last day<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SunLive<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxPV0J6cWU4M1lLUXhiS0U0V2xha29WcXJRamc0ZnVvazlvcVRycEpBeVZoT2FFSW9kbkVCRHJPWHl3N0p5dHI2QVlEdGZxVEZUd2k3aFFyTGdaSjVhLVI1MHlQWWE3dHlJWnNGNFdyN0FxVFhRd1RTYjZYdUk4TFNMZHEtX3Rwazg0Q016NHZXcmVKVnN3LS1INnlRZlY3NnI0RWtndUNfaXo2RFNqMER3dkt0THYzRUpSMGgzTmpIYklhUXVCcG1aalBzLTNPSXdKcW1N?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mother denies claims she called her toddler a &#8216;little freak&#8217; before her death<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNVzUyd2luV0JGcnFnNHItN090RkphVzNuN3A2M25KZGY3VldhMl9yOWswRjBHV2pXMnVGSlNqdFB0T1U2ZjFhd2JqTktYRHVDS3NPZ0k5Q2JOelFFT2x0ODVPbmVPckl0SkZyOTEteWxMMzlFWjh3YUJxMHpIdm9HWlAxU25YZFFyY3dhUzVicHdGUVo1NW9ESFk0bWVnOVlaR3VjWThRcUZtd0JNSnpPSHRtOHNoQ3gwd1BnYXM5RQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mother tells inquest she did not cause her toddler&#8217;s fatal head injury<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Acquitted man says he was glued to sports bets on day toddler was fatally injured&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldStepfather of Tauranga&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-568718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}