Source: Radio New Zealand
RNZ / Angus Dreaver
A woman has a been charged with owning a dog that caused death to a person, after the death of a child last year.
Four-year-old Timothy Tu’uaki Rolleston-Bryan died after a dog attack in Katikati in March 2025.
At the time of his death, spokesperson for Tuapiro Marae Shaan Kingi said he was known as a “boisterous young boy, very playful, adventurous”.
“He was a loving, young, happy-go-lucky boy.”
Detective Senior Sergeant Natalie Flowerdew-Brown says a 35-year-old is due to appear in the New Plymouth District Court on 16 March.
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