Gazza was shot in an armed siege in Porirua last Friday morning by Pita Tekira, who was on the run after ditching his electronic monitoring bracelet.
"Today we said farewell to our friend and colleague, Wellington Police Dog Gazza," police wrote in tribute to the German shepherd.
"His job was to obey, serve and protect. This he bravely did."
National co-ordinator of police dogs, inspector Todd Southall, said a plaque bearing Gazza's name and his service details would be placed on a memorial wall at the Police Dog Training Centre in Trentham, alongside other police dogs who have been killed on duty.
Gazza became an operational police patrol dog in late 2013.
Gazza and his handler Constable Josh Robertson had been a very effective team for the Wellington Police District since then, Mr Southall said.
(New Zealand Herald - April 29, 2016)
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