Acting Superintendent Ash Tabb, Christchurch metro acting area commander, said emergency services responded to reports of a dog attack at an address on Bevin Place. The dogs involved in Tuesday’s fatal mauling will be destroyed, Kaipara District Council confirmed. Police conduct searches and hold cordons at a property near a dog attack in the Northland settlement of Kaihu. Te Rore’s death was the third fatal dog attack in Northland in the past five years. In October 2023, Elizabeth “Effie” Whittaker died after a dog attack in the backyard of her Moerewa home.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 22, 2026 16:05 UTC