A $1000 reward is being offered to help a Te Poi couple find their dog who went missing a week ago in Tauranga.
Wendy and Alex Keir's 4-year-old border collie, Winston, went missing last Saturday and they are so desperate to find him they have spent every day since then searching for him.
"Our lives have stopped. Our lives are nothing without him, he's our everything. Me and my husband, Alex, we're nothing without him. We're a threesome.
"There's two things Alex tells me every day - that he loves me and Winston is an awesome dog," Mrs Keir said. " He's just such a kind soul. He's a real character. He's such a sweetheart. He doesn't actually believe he's a dog, he thinks he's a definite human."
Winston went missing after the couple took him to the beach at Mount Maunganui last Saturday.