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Several incidents with unleashed dogs, including a child recently being bitten on the face, have led a Kawerau woman to request the council create an on-leash area.

"It would just be nice to have one place where we can walk and know that we're not going to be bothered by dogs," Christine Larsen told a Kawerau District Council meeting on Wednesday.

Larsen said she was speaking on behalf of a lot of people in the community when she asked for the policy change.

"I speak to many people, especially older people in our community who don't want

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