In their blended family they were the parents of five, grandparents of 11 and, since Sunday - four days after they were killed by a ram on their Waitākere.
Helge and Gaye Hansen, a husband and wife both in their eighties, were found dead on Thursday morning on their Anzac Valley Road property in Waitakere, New Zealand, where they kept sheep, chicken and cattle.
Ram attacks - especially in breeding season - are common on farms and lifestyle blocks across New Zealand, but fatalities are rare, animal experts say. It.