A man cleaning up rubbish in Pakuranga Creek has found a cobra in a bottle.
Ben Harris posted a photo of the discovery on his Facebook page.
"This has to rate as one of the stranger items we have come across ... snake wine from Vietnam," he wrote.
Yahoo New Zealand News reported Harris as saying the bottle was sealed and a ginseng root was also inside.
![Cobra in a bottle. Found in Pakuranga Creek while cleaning up rubbish. Photo / Ben Harris](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4WB27GHYXQLIJWIJ4UNCI5UOPQ.jpg?auth=2a23e081b589d9914d5435f0defbf5f9397339b8c80c4f655b771cebf09c3b1e&width=16&height=22&quality=70&smart=true)