Prize breeding bull worth around $10,000 shot and butchered on Northland farm

Jenny LingMultimedia Journalist·Northern Advocate·16 Aug, 2026 04:00 AM3 mins to read‌Bryce Gibbons’ valuable Charolais bull was shot and butchered in his paddock recently.Bryce Gibbons’ valuable Charolais bull was shot and butchered in his paddock recently.“People hungry for a bit of meat” are believed to have shot and butchered a Northland farming family’s prize breeding bull, worth about $10,000. Beef breeders Bryce and Irma Gibbons, who own a 150ha farm in Ngataki, in the Far North, are “absolutely disgusted” after discovering their 7-year-old Charolais