Car in the estuary off Maxwell Road, near Otumoetai. It's a race against the incoming tide to get the car out. Photo/Andrew Warner.
The tide is rising on a car stuck in Waikareao Estuary, near Otumoetai.
The owner of the car drove onto the estuary to listen to some music and enjoy the view on Friday night when "'nek' minute" his truck was submerged in the boggy mud near Maxwell Road in
Otumoetai.
"Around 7pm I came and parked on the harbour, about 30m from shore, because the tide had gone out.
'Nek' minute I slid and my truck became submerged rim-deep in sand with no way of getting out," the owner, who wished not to be named, said.
Unable to get a tow truck, the Toyota Surf 4X4 sat in the estuary all night.