Kiwi mum needs help with her sick baby

A Kiwi mum in Perth whose baby boy has a rare medical condition is pleading for help.

Stacy Maitai had to give up her job to care for her baby and she now survives on less than $100 a week.

Her son, Malakai, is seven months old and has never left hospital. 

"It breaks my heart that I can't do that for him, I can't do what I can to get him home," Ms Maitai says.

Ms Maitai is from Tolaga Bay and moved to Perth four years ago.

Her baby boy has a rare condition called Pallister Killian Syndrome (PKS), and he can't see or hear and struggles to breathe.

A single mother of two, Ms Maitai has had to give up work to care for him, but because she's not an Australian citizen, she survives on $180 a fortnight. She can barely pay for her bus ride to the hospital.

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