{"id":595024,"date":"2026-09-09T13:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/595024\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:50:10","slug":"manslaughter-charge-laid-after-dog-attack-killed-northland-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/595024\/","title":{"rendered":"Manslaughter charge laid after dog attack killed Northland woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">A man has been charged with manslaughter over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/02\/17\/an-absolute-tragedy-person-dies-in-northland-dog-attack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a dog attack<\/a> which killed a woman in the small Northland settlement of Kaih\u016b in February following a six-month police investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police today charged the 43-year-old from Kaih\u016b, who owned the dogs, after arresting him in central Auckland earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Emergency services were called to the rural property off State Highway 12 about 11.25am on February 17. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/02\/18\/tragic-woman-killed-in-northland-dog-attack-named-by-police\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mihiata Te Rore<\/a>, 62, was mauled by three dogs while visiting a person known to her at the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">She suffered nonsurvivable injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The dogs lived on the property and were taken into animal management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">A woman in here 60s was mauled to death by three dogs while visiting someone she knew in Kaih\u016b.    (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Pilmer said an investigation was launched to determine what happened prior to Te Rore&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The investigation team has been working tirelessly in the weeks and months since, including seeking a legal review. Ultimately, this has resulted in a charge of manslaughter. It has been challenging, and we acknowledge the significance of reaching this stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Pilmer said police had been in contact with Te Rore&#8217;s wh\u0101nau, &#8220;who we extend our deepest sympathies to at this difficult time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Police would like to thank everyone who provided information to us, and in particular the Kaih\u016b community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged with manslaughter over a dog attack which killed a woman in the small&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51,67,42,43,1067,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-595024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-northland","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}