Police at Pigeon Mountain School last Tuesday after the girl was struck by a car. Photo: NZ HeraldThe young schoolgirl hit by a car at Pigeon Mountain Primary School last week has been named as 5-year-old Joanna Kong from Bucklands Beach in Auckland. Pigeon Mountain Primary School Principal Ian Dickinson said: "We are still respecting the privacy of the family who have lost a child, who will be dearly missed. A school parent posted on social media that the girl's death had rocked "our little pigeon mountain community" but praised how the school had handled it. Others offered to donate money to help towards the girls family or to provide meals or baking for the girl's grieving family or to help in any way they could.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 29, 2021 02:26 UTC