A Wellington nurse has been accused of making her primary school-aged daughter sick deliberately, after she was found to have given her doses of an anti-psychotic medicine over a two month period.
The Hutt Valley woman is being investigated by police, Fairfax reported, and is understood to be an employee of Hutt Hospital.
She cannot be named.
Court documents show the woman is charged with intentionally administering risperidone to a minor between June 1 and August 10 last year.
She is accused of giving the doses to cause adverse effects to her daughter's health.