By RNZ Since 2016, an Akita dog named Mosako in Japan has received food, walks and long-distance support from Air New Zealand crew members. Now, as Mosako spends her final days on an air bed watching telly, Michelle Little reflects on what she taught her Kiwi friends about purpose, resilience and loyalty. “We’ve had turmoil with her, ups and downs, and Mo’s taught us to get through that and that tomorrow’s another day,” she told RNZ’s Afternoons .
Eight years ago, when two Air NZ crew members first encountered Mosako, she was chained up and looking “a little bit lost and a little bit lonely” in a mall near Narita Airport , Little said..