A Rotorua woman has admitted she punched, smacked and slapped her three children during the past year-and-a-half.
The woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her three children, appeared in the Rotorua District Court on Wednesday and admitted three representative charges of assaulting a child.
The threechildren range in ages under the age of 11.
A summary of facts outlining details of the assaults was released to the Rotorua Daily Post.
The woman, who is in her 30s, has admitted punching one child a number of times on their legs and thighs, hitting the child two to three times in the head with a spatula and slapping their bottom several times. The offences occurred between January 1 last year and July 1 this year.
During the same period, she also admitted punching another child on their legs, slapping the child's bottom and hands several times and using a spatula to hit the child several times on the head.
Between January 1 this year and June this year she also smacked a third child about 10 times on their hands and bottom.
The children didn't get treatment for their injuries.
