Nineteen bulls emerged from rugged Upper Hutt bush, bedraggled and bewildered, into the heart of suburbia.
Fresh from a night which some had spent hanging in trees or tangled in fences, they were herded from the bush about 9.30am on Wednesday but the drama – especially for startled Pinehaven residents – was far from over.
The flock were headed for the meat works when the trailer they were in tipped in Blue Mountains Rd in Upper Hutt on Tuesday night.