Woman charged after dog kills 4-year-old

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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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