Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E 174 henimita te roa o te 12 tau noa iho o Vanessa Harris, i te āhua nei kua whakaritea ia hei tauira. Engari i muri noa iho i te wikitoria i tētahi whakataetae tauira e kawe ana i a ia ki tāwāhi, ka tutuki i ngā mahere nui a te tamaiti 12 tau te pakeke ki te eke ki te ara whakareatanga. I kitea a Venessa he momo mate pukupuku wheua i te Hanuere 5 i muri i tana hinganga kino, i mamae ai ia i tana waewae. Ko te tauira e hiahia ana a Venessa Harris, 12 tau, i kitea he mate pukupuku wheua i muri noa iho i tana wikitoria i te rapu taranata. Kei te whakaahuahia a Venessa me tana whaea whakapehapeha, a Karen Monaghan, me tana kuia, a Lyn Harris. I te tuatahi ka tukuna e nga taakuta he mamae tipu engari i muri tata mai ka kitea he sarcoma a Ewing i a ia e haere tonu ana tana koretake. I kitea e ngā mātua o Venessa, e Kelly Harris rāua ko Karen Monaghan, tērā pea he mate pukupuku tō rātau tamahine i te pō o te Kirihimete, engari kāore i whakapumautia tōna āhua tae noa ki te tau hou. I noho a Mr Harris rāua ko Ms Monaghan i te Kirihimete ki te kāinga o te whānau o Windorah, i te taha ki te uru o Queensland, me te kapua pouri e whakairi ana ki runga i o rātau matenga. He tino uaua, he tino uaua. I haere mātou ki te kāinga i te ahiahi o te Kirihimete,' i kī a Ms Monaghan ki Daily Mail Australia. Ko te 12 tau te pakeke te toa o te ao i te whakataetae Tamblyn Young Model Discovery. Ko Venessa, e noho ana tōna whānau ki Windorah, i whiwhi i te maia mai i te whakataetae i muri i tana pakanga ki te iti o te whakaaro ki a ia ano. Ko tōna whānau he tautoko tonu mō Venessa kei te haere ia i te rongoā matū i Brisbane. 'He tino whakamataku i taua wā. I hoatu ki a mātau he tohutohu mārama kia kaua ia e whakamahi i tōna waewae.' I muri iho i etahi ra i te Whare Hauora o Lady Cilento Children i South Brisbane, ka korerotia e tetahi taote ki te whanau te mea i wehi ai ratou i muri i te tirotiro hauora a Venessa. I kitea te mate pukupuku i te kaki matau o Venessa, ā, i kī mai ki a ia, he nui rawa te kai i kai ai i tōna wheua, e rite ana te matotoru ki te anga o te hua manu. 'Ko nga wiki tuatahi he tino raruraru, he tino raruraru, i te mea i haere a Kelly me ahau i roto i taua waahanga wehi kore,' ka mea a Ms Monaghan. He tino rerekē te āhua o te whānau i te mea...
I kitea a Vanessa Harris he mate pukupuku wheua onge i te 12 o ona tau. I kitea e ia te mate i muri noa iho i tana wikitoria i te whakataetae tauira. I kii a Karen Monaghan i te hiahia o tana tamahine ki te noho hei tauira. I tīmata te umanga tauira a Venessa i tētahi kaupapa kohikohi pūtea hei tautoko i a ia. Ka puta mai i te mea e whakaatu ana ngā rangahau hou he maha ake ngā tāngata rangatahi e ora ana i te mate pukupuku. Kua piki ake te reanga ora o te mate pukupuku o te tamariki e ono ōrau i roto i ngā tekau tau kua hipa.