Invercargill teenager Hannah Simpson is a bit of a cowgirl - literally.
As a child her parents said no to a pony so the now-18-year-old took matters into her own hands, saddling up her pet cow instead.
"Her name is Lilac, I've been riding her six and a half years," Simpson told the Herald.
"I've always loved adventure and stuff like that. I wanted a horse and I couldn't have one."
It was Simpson's younger brother, Tim, who first suggested they give riding Lilac a go when she was six months old, and the young calf took to it well.
