RNZ
The popular Running of the Sheep is returning to Te Kuiti’s main street tomorrow.
Plenty are looking forward to the spectacle of hundreds of sheep running through the town as the event was cancelled last year due to health and safety concerns.
But the Waitomo District Council has given the green light for it to return this weekend as part of The Great NZ Muster, a street festival unique to King Country.
The organiser of the sheep run, and local farmer, Peter Bird, said the festival always draws a crowd - with the sheep often the highlight for many.