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Police have taken on an unusual rescue today - saving a stranded sheep from the mud flats in Nelson

25 November 2021

The alarm was raised after 5pm, with reports of a sheep trapped in a ditch on Whakatu Drive.

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Other Upper South Island News

15 Oct: Kiwis league coach Stacey Jones has applauded forward Nelson Asofa-Solomona's resilience after being named in the 17 to take on Samoa in Sunday's Pacific Championships match at Mt Smart

15 Oct: State Highway 1 south of Ward in Marlborough has re-opened, after a person died in a crash just before 3 yesterday afternoon

14 Oct: Three people have been injured - one critically - in a three-vehicle crash about 3pm on State Highway 1, south of Picton, closing the road near Ward in both directions

13 Oct: Mixed emotions for Kiwi Nelson Asofa-Solomona as he parts ways with the Storm in league's NRL

10 Oct: The Grey Emergency Operation Centre has been activated as floodwaters rapidly rise on the West Coast

09 Oct: Two people have been arrested in Marlborough today, as Police crackdown on meth in the region

05 Oct: Fisheries New Zealand is stepping in with new bylaws to protect nine West Coast areas, exclusive to local Maori

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