Attack dog put down
A dog has been surrendered by its owners in Hihi, Doubtless Bay, and put down after an attack on a child. The victim, a young girl, had to be taken to Starship Hopsital in Auckland with facial injuries after Sunday's attack. Far North District Council environmental
services manager Darren Edwards confirmed animal management staff had removed and destroyed a dog from a Hihi address following an attack on a family member. The request was made by the dog's owner. No further action would be taken because no one outside the family was involved and no complaint had been laid, he said. The dog was a 10-year-old terrier cross which had been with the family all its life.
Hui mate for motorcyclist
The motorcyclist who died in a head-on crash with a truck on Kawakawa's Three Bridges on Monday afternoon was 48-year-old Judea ''Jude'' Mayne Cooper from Moerewa. His hui mate at Otiria Marae in Moerewa was to have taken place at 12.30pm today but it is believed to have been brought forward and held on Thursday instead. He was buried at Waiheke Wahitapu in Orakau, south of Kaikohe. It is thought Cooper was overtaking at the time of the crash on the middle bridge.
Sculpture for roundabout
