'''Chris''' and '''Cru Kahui''' ([[20 March]] [[2006]]<ref name="cover-up">{{cite news|title=The Kahui twins: Murder — and the cover-up|date=[[2006-06-24]]|publisher=[[Weekend Herald]]|author=Carroll du Chateau|coauthors=Louisa Cleave|accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref> – [[18 June]] [[2006]]) were two [[New Zealand]] infants from a [[MaoriMāori]] family who died in [[Auckland]]'s [[Starship Children's Hospital]] after being admitted with serious head injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3735050a11,00.html|title=Signs of earlier abuse of Kahui twins|date=[[2006-07-18]]|publisher=[[The Dominion Post]]|first=Deborah|last=Diaz|accessdate=2006-07-18}}</ref> Their family initially refused to cooperate with police in the [[homicide]] investigation into the childrens deaths. The case has highlighted the fact that MaoriMāori children are more than twice as likely to die as a result of abuse than non-MaoriMāori<ref>http://www.socialreport.msd.govt.nz/2004/safety/child-abuse-neglect.html</ref> and that New Zealand ranks third highest among [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]] nations for [[Child murder|child deaths]] due to maltreatment according to a 2003 [[UNICEF]] report (The [[United States|U.S.]] occupies the number one spot).<ref>
{{cite book| url = http://unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/repcard5e.pdf |title= A League Table of Child Maltreatment Deaths in Rich Nations |format = PDF |accessdate = 2006-07-04 |year = 2003 |publisher = [[UNICEF]] |id = ISBN 88-85401-94-5 |pages = pg. 4}}</ref>
