One mother pulled a toddler close, and the other, who was carrying a baby, gave the dog a wide berth as it wandered around the playground before eventually trotting off in the direction it had come. I get a padder tennis bat and a cone or something noisy – go out and give it a bit of a clatter and a bang and do my best impression to scare them off, and they usually take off with their tail between their legs.” Council general manager of regulatory services Alison Curtis declined an interview, but in a statement said that, in the past six months, the council had received 19 complaints about roaming dogs in the area, and two complaints about dog attacks, one involving a person and one involving another dog.
Author: RNZ
Published at: 2026-02-25 22:00:00
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