NZ in one picture: Rush hour inside rural Hawke’s Bay as 3 thousands sheep moved over one-way association

More than 3000 sheep were moved across virtually any bridge on Elsthorpe Rd all over Patangata, CHB. Photo / Granted

A one-lane bridge packed with 3000 sheep designed a quintessentially Kiwi traffic jam in Primary Hawke’s Bay on Monday everning.

In Patangata may possibly be few motorists in a hurry anyway, on the contrary speedy work meant there was no need for ewe-turns as the flock was transplanted across Tukituki River bridge from Elsthorpe Rd.

More than 3000 lambs were moved across a bridge on Elsthorpe Rd in Patangata, CHB. Photo / Supplied

Waipawa Butchery and Patangata Station owner Duncan Smith said the sheep appeared part of his flock and were being transported to the shearing part of the farm sheds.

“We try to you want to keep movement of that many sheep a good absolute minimum, ” he had to talk about. “But in total, it only took 9 minutes to get the 3000 across. ”

Smith said currently the sheep were moved at about one 45pm, to coincide with the slightest busy part of the day.

A pilot vehicle at the front among the flock and Bob Bertram plus a few canine friends helped guide the sheep gifts bridge.

He talked the team aims for a swift very safe operation, causing as little disruption as it possibly can.

“We’ve found over the few years that earlier in the morning you get a lot of people going to work to school busses, so we aim don’t disrupt that, ” he being said.

“Often around 2pm is a good time to move as oahu is the quietest, so we focus on times one the big day when it’s at its quietest to go all over that bridge. ”

Duncan Brown and Annabel Tapley-Smith at the Havelock North brand of the Waipawa Butchery. Photo / Warren Buckland

Smith thought some of the lambs in the large fraction will be going to both the Waipawa along with Havelock branches of the butchery.

Waipawa Butchery employs top butchers, two sausage specialists, various production staff and several shop staff across their two sites.

The Smith family, who’ve been in Central Hawke’s Bay while before World War II, still conduct hands-on work, with Duncan working over due the butchery counter two afternoons a week.