Newborn Baby Left With Note In New Zealand Grocery Store Parking Lot While Mother Shopped [PHOTO]

A baby was left with a note alone in a car while the baby's mother went grocery shopping.

The mother who left her baby with a note saying, "My mum's in doing the shopping, call her if I need anything" and a cell phone number isn't being investigated by police.

The baby left with a note was spotted by supermarket shoppers in Porirua, New Zealand on Saturday, March 23. One passerby took a photograph and posted it on Facebook.

One man spoke to the New Zealand Herald and said he saw the baby and the note after he and his family parked next to the baby's car.

"It was written from the baby's perspective... We waited there for a little bit, wondering if the mum was just going to be two seconds and come back. And my wife said, 'I'm not going in without someone being here with the baby.'"

According to the Daily Mail, two other shoppers passed the car; one called the mother on the listed number. The passerby advised the mother to return to the car and not leave her child all alone in the future.

The photograph showing a newborn baby wrapped in a blanket in a car sea, with a note, has gone viral and sparked intense debate online.

Local mother Danielle Crooks said, "She did the best she thought in the situation by leaving a note. There's probably plenty of kids that get left in the car that you don't know about without notes."

Others were much more critical.

Kim Howan said, "I actually think it's quite terrible. I've got four in there, not my own, but [I] took them in, just to get bacon. It takes 20 minutes longer, but they're safe."

Cat Marie Horne commented on the Facebook photo, "I'm sorry this is completely irresponsible! You do not leave children under the age of 14 unsupervised at all."

New Zealand law states that a parent can be fined for abandoning a child without making reasonable provisions. However, nobody made a formal complaint in this case, so police aren't investigating, according to 3 News.

However, Porirua police did say that they have seen similar cases before; usually parents are let off with a warning and counseled to get help.