A Northland woman has avoided prison after four of her dogs violently attacked a neighbour on her lawn leaving her with serious injuries that required an emergency helicopter flight to Whangārei Hospital.
The March 2025 incident began when one of Stacey Walker-Haturini’s dogs escaped a Kaiwaka property and clashed with the victim’s pets at her gate. Three more dogs wriggled under the fence, swarming the woman and biting her arms and legs.
A neighbour who rushed to help was also mauled and suffered lasting ligament damage.
Walker-Haturini, who was in Kaitāia dealing with a family death and a difficult breakup, returned hours later and helped council officers catch the remaining dog.
In court, both victims and Kaipara District Council acknowledged her personal hardships and supported a lenient penalty. Judge Peter Davey agreed her culpability was reduced because she hadn’t released the animals. Walker-Haturini received 180 hours of community work, with the dogs already euthanised.
Did the judge give themself name suppression? Who is the Judge?
Could have been a child
I hope these animals were destroyed for the sake of the next unintended victim
Too much of this sort of shit going on
Dog breeding is like the human equivalent ongoing experiment
Race mixing micegenation