This little Kaikoura piggy had lunch with police

A police officer and pig have become unlikely friends.

It could have been goodbye pork pie for the starving school pet, stranded in Kaikoura after this month's earthquake, if not for police feeding it.

New Zealand Police posted on social media today saying they were called when the wild pig stopped people getting into their school.

When Constable Toni Woodroffe turned up "the pig jumped up on her like a dog" because it was starving, according to the post on Instagram.

Woodroffe has taken the school pet food a few times so it wouldn't go hungry.

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Someone called Police because of a wild pig stopping people getting into their school. When Constable Toni Woodroffe turned up the pig jumped up on her like a dog! Turns out it was the schools pet and was just starving! She took it food a few times so it wouldn't go hungry! 🐷🍴 #nzpolice #eqnz #kaikoura #pigs #feedingthehungry

A post shared by New Zealand Police 🚨 (@newzealandpolice) on Nov 24, 2016 at 1:42pm PST