Funeral to be held for baby Anahera, discovered in recycling
Photo:
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
A police officer who's worked for years to track the family of a baby found dead at a South Auckland recycling plant says the Onehunga community will honour her at a service on Saturday.
The newborn, who was
found at Onehunga's Visy Recycling plant in August 2021
, was given the name of Anahera by the community.
Despite significant publicity and police investigations, neither the baby, nor her parents or any family members were identified.
Detective Inspector Scott Beard told
Saturday Morning
police had carried out extensive inquiries, including looking at more than 300 DNA profiles.
More than 100 recycling trucks arrived at the plant the day the baby was discovered.
He said he could not speculate on why the baby was abandoned.
The funeral will take place at 10am Saturday in Onehunga, followed by a burial in Māngere.
"Whatever the circumstances, what we have here ... we have a little baby who had just been discarded in the recycling, and today is about honouring this little baby," Beard said.
"The local Onehunga community, what they've done - the wrap-around support and the general service that we're doing today - I think just shows the care and the love that is within the community."
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