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Alfred Hansen, 82, who was known as Helge, and his wife Gaye, 81, were found dead at their rural Waitākere property last Wednesday.
Alfred Hansen, 82, who was known by his middle name Helge, and his wife Gaye, 81.
Those at the funeral were toldHelge and Gaye Hansen were a “special couple”.
Funeral celebrant Jayne Clarke said losing them at this stage of their lives under particularly unfortunate and tragic circumstances was heartbreaking and tragic.
However, it is still not clear if the ram was being housed in a paddock on the couple’s land or was being kept on a completely separate property when it escaped.
Police at the Anzac Valley Rd property in West Auckland. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Family spokesman Dean Burrell said the couple were hobby farmers and had lived at the property for eight years.
“Unfortunately, they both lost their lives in a tragic accident. They are nice people and didn’t deserve this,” Burrell said on the day of the incident.
“Everyone’s in shock as to what’s happened. They’re very upset. I feel like I was dreaming it actually, it was a bit of shock, being told what had happened and I just didn’t believe it.”
A neighbour, who didn’t want to be named but was not the owner of the ram, said the community along Anzac Valley Rd, Waitākere, had been in a “grey” mood since the deaths.
She described the tense stand-off between police and the ram before it was fatally shot.
“He was wild, he was aggressive, the way he was standing there looking at the cops, they weren’t coming through the fence.”
Flowers placed outside the home of a couple killed by a ram. Photo / Cameron Pitney
She said the couple may not have known the ram was on their property, so would not have known they were in danger.
