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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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25 Dec: The West Coast is in for a soaking this Christmas, with heavy rain expected all day

24 Dec: The South Island's West Coast is set to be lashed by rain this Christmas....for the rest of the country it's a mixed bag

24 Dec: A Christmas miracle in Nelson - a cat stolen in a break-in at the SPCA ten months ago has been found

23 Dec: Nelson Asofa-Solomona's return to the boxing ring will come against a fellow former rugby league player - and a former Warrior

22 Dec: A stubborn pattern of drownings is continuing at Auckland's black-spot beaches

21 Dec: The Police Commissioner will be working Lyn Fleming's Nelson New Years shift in her memory - one year after her death

17 Dec: A historic land dispute dating back to the 1800s - is finally resolved

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