A 37-year-old man was charged and detained for the murder of his four mothers, Laisa Waka Tunidau.
A judge in the Christchurch District Court yesterday ordered a report to assess the mental health of men.
New Zealand Herald I understand that he had received mental health care from the Canterbury District Health Commission (CDHB).
However, CDHB refused to answer the question from the repetition Herald The last 3 days.
Tunidau, a cleaner in his 50s, took a bus home from work and was attacked on Saturday at around 4:20 pm, now a few meters from her house on Cheyenne Street, a suburb of Sockburn. did.
Tunidau’s 11-year-old son remains “traumatic” unaware that he is a mother when he sees an ambulance crew trying to save a woman outside his family’s home. ..
A small and intimate community is gathered around the father and son. They haven’t returned home yet, but have been given a safe place to stay.
The Give a little page, launched yesterday to help families, has already raised over $ 30,000.
However, unanswered questions about how the shocking attack occurred are growing dissatisfied.
Malakaiwaka Socorara, Chairman of the Canterbury Fijian Community, said:
“We are asking why. The community and family definitely need answers from the people in charge of them to shut them down in a way. Anger within the community. Is hanging. “
Waqasokolala is unaware that everyone on the CDHB is talking to someone in the community.
“I hope in the next few days, at least I’ll get something, splice what happened, and be able to shut it down by losing Lysa,” he said.
Una Tikoi, a Fijian community leader and parish member, previously stated that a deadly puncture wound destroyed family and friends.
“The community isn’t happy … the community is angry with our beloved friends and mothers. Their lives were recklessly taken,” Tikoi said.
According to Tikoi, people are asking why the man was allowed to enter the community when he was a “sick person.”
The funeral plan has not yet been finalized, but Tunidau may return to Fiji to say goodbye to his loved one.
She has four children, three of whom live in her hometown.
Wakasocorara, who knew his family well and often stayed at Sockburn’s house, rushed to Cheyenne Street on Saturday after a deadly assault.
He said his mourning husband, Nemani Tunidau, was distraught, but was trying to stay strong for his children.
“I lost his beloved wife, my wife,” Wakaso Korara said.
“Healed over time, and with God’s blessings and God’s permission, he can go through. He is now trying to be a very strong and supportive father for his son. increase.”
Waqasokolala is grateful for the support of Christchurch’s wider community. A colleague’s story appears in a flower, expressing heartfelt condolences.
“It’s pretty cool, that’s what Christchurch is known for,” he said.
Just before the defendant appeared in court, Tunidau’s adult daughter in Fiji talked about her broken heart for the loss of her beloved mother.
“I can’t start expressing loneliness without you. There’s a big hole in my heart and I don’t know how to deal with it. I’m always thinking of you, mom.”
The man, accused of stabbing Tunidau, was briefly charged with being detained in the Christchurch District Court yesterday and was granted tentative name repression.
He appeared in the High Court of Christ Church on July 15, and the judge sought a report to assess his suitability for the trial under Article 38 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Mentally Handicapped) 2003. I did.
The office of Health Minister Andrew Little also declined to comment.
The hearts of Christchurch residents were directed at Tunidau’s family and friends who were “killed in such a meaningless and violent attack,” said Mayor Lianne Dalziel.
“This kind of crime has devastating consequences for the community, and they also seek answers on how and why this happened.”
John Price, commander of the Canterbury district, said the alleged murder was “a horrifying, traumatic and random attack on an innocent person on his way home from work.”
He said traumatic and meaningless acts would have a significant impact on the entire community throughout New Zealand.
“No one deserves this,” Price said.