Mother tells of fractured drug fuelled life before baby's death

A coroner has today heard evidence of the fractured, drug-fuelled family life of a 10-month-old baby who died of severe head injuries in Auckland six years ago. Poseidyn Hemopo-Pickering was rushed to Hospital after being found unresponsive on a September evening in 2020. He was later moved to Starship Children's Hospital, where he passed away. In the Auckland Coroner's Court today, Poseidyn's mother, Filoi Hua-kau provided some insight into the family's life in the leadup to his death. Finn Blackwell reports.