Graphic details of baby's ordeal 

Police have released graphic and disturbing details of how an 11-week-old baby girl died.
 
Tahani Mahomed died in Starship Hospital on New Year's Day.
 
A woman has been charged over her malnourished condition but police suspect her injuries were the result of abuse.

Baby Tahani lived in South Auckland with her parents for most of her short life.

She was rushed to hospital with severe injuries in late December.

Now police have publicly released details of her death and say they are treating it as child abuse.

"I felt sick, as I always do with these. They are inevitably revolting," says Christine Rankin of the For the Sake of our Children Trust.

Post mortem results have revealed a fractured skull, brain haemorrhage, and retinal haemorrhaging ultimately led to her death.  She also had two broken bones and soft tissue injuries.

But what is of great concern to the investigation team is a number of older injuries baby Tahani suffered before she died. And police say the family have now stopped co-operating, instead exercising their right to remain silent.

"I think they are hugely frustrated. And I talk to a lot of police that do this work and they feel their hands are tied behind their backs," says Rankin.

The case adds to an already long list of high profile child killings including Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie and the Kahui twins, which are still both before the courts, and baby Ngati whose parents were convicted of manslaughter and jailed for eight-and-a-half years.

"Our politicians have to take this really seriously," says Rankin. "They are paid to give us leadership and this is a huge problem in our country, one that the world looks in on and asks how could this be happening in a country like ours. And what do they do? Nothing that is meaningful."

In this case, a woman has been charged with failing to provide the necessities of life but no charges have been laid yet over the baby girl's death.