Maori woman claims she was racially abused and bashed when she asked a woman to put her dog on a lead
- Ngahina Hohaia spotted a woman walking her dog without a leash in Mt Albert
- ‘You need to keep a hold of your dog,’ Ms Hohaia said she told the woman
- The woman then verbally abused and physically assaulted Ms Hohaia
- ‘It was really upsetting for me. There were other people around,’ she said
A Maori woman claims she was racially abused and physically assaulted after asking a dog walker to put her pet on a lead.
Ngahina Hohaia was at Owairaka in Mt Albert, New Zealand when she spotted a woman leaving a tent with her dog off leash.
The woman and the animal walked in front of Ms Hohaia’s car when she called out to them.
‘You need to keep a hold of your dog,’ Ms Hohaia said she told the woman, Stuff reported.
The woman then turned around and told her, ‘Shut up you black b****, you disgraceful idiots who go around with those mokos on your face.’
Ngahina Hohaia was at Owairaka in Mt Albert, New Zealand when she spotted a woman leaving a tent with her dog off the leash and into the car park (pictured)
Ms Hohaia immediately pulled out her phone to record the woman prompting her to stop her verbal tirade.
Moments later, the woman lunged at Ms Hohaia and physically attacked her leaving her upset and terrified.
‘She wouldn’t continue with the racial absue while I had my phone out, then she stepped towards me, she rushed towards me and she hit me,’ Ms Hohaia told TNVZ.
‘It was really upsetting for me. There were other people around. There were other people in the car park.
‘There were people at the save the trees campaign tent, and there was no hesitation in her aggression towards me.
‘I was surprised at that there was no hesitation from her in the way she treated me and how easily she said those things and how easily those actions came from her.’
CCTV of the incident has been handed over to police who are investigated the attack on Ms Hohaia.
The woman turned around and told Ms Hohaia (pictured), ‘Shut up you black b****, you disgraceful idiots who go around with those mokos on your face’