A woman will appear in court later today charged with the murder of 3-year-old Cherish Tahuri-Wright.

Cherish died at Wellington Hospital on Wednesday, February 18; the day after being found with head injuries at a house in Ahuru Street, Marton. 

This morning a 56-year-old woman from Marton has been charged with murder and will be appearing at Wanganui District Court later today. 

The parents of Cherish have been informed of the charges.

A team of about 20 officers had been working on the investigation. This has now been scaled down to two officers who will oversee the remaining enquiries and the prosecution.

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A Marton woman will appear in court today charged with the murder of three-year-old Cherish Tahuri-Wright.
 

Cherish died in Wellington Hospital on February 18, the day after she was found with head injuries at her grandparents' house in Marton.
 

This morning a 56-year-old woman from Marton has been charged with murder. She will appear in Wanganui District Court later today.

A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of three-year-old Cherish Tahuri-Wright. 

The 56-year-old woman was granted interim name suppression when she appeared in the Wanganui District Court this afternoon. Other details that could identify her were also suppressed.

She was remanded in custody till April 20.

Cherishsiliala, also known as Cherish, died at Wellington Hospital on Thursday, February 19 - two days after being found with head injuries at a house in Marton.

Police said this morning her parents had been informed of the charges.

A team of about 20 officers have been working on the investigation. That will now be scaled down to two officers, who will oversee the remaining inquiries and the prosecution.

A woman has been charged with the murder of a three-year-old girl at Marton last month.

Cherish Tahuri-Wright died at Wellington Hospital on February 19, two days after being found with head injuries at a house in Ahuru Street, Marton.

A 56-year-old Marton woman had been charged with murder and would appear in Wanganui District Court today, police said.

The parents of the dead girl had been told of the charges.

A team of about 20 officers had been working on the investigation and this had been scaled down to two officers who will oversee the remaining enquiries and the prosecution.

Cherish was found by police when they were called to her grandparents' house at 12.15pm on February 17.

She was initially airlifted to Palmerston North Hospital and was later transferred to Wellington Hospital.

Cherish, whose parents live in Porirua, had been living with her grandparents in Marton for a few weeks.

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Police have charged a woman with the murder of a three-year-old girl who was found with fatal injuries at a house in Marton.

Cherish Tahuri-Wright was found with head injuries at the home of her grandparents on 17 February.

She died two days later in Wellington Hospital when she was taken off life support.

Police say a 56-year-old woman is due to appear in Wanganui District Court on Tuesday. Officers have told the child's parents about the murder charge.

An initial investigation team of 20 has now been scaled down to two officers, who will oversee the remaining inquiries and prosecution.
 

A woman charged with the murder of three-year-old Cherish Tahuri-Wright has appeared in the Wanganui District Court.

The identity of the woman remains suppressed. She was remanded in custody to reappear on May 11.

Cherish died at Wellington Hospital on February 19, two days after being found with head injuries at a house in Marton.

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