A deer was spotted running on Hawke's Bay Airport's runway on Friday morning.
A deer has been euthanised after it jumped a fence and ran on to the runway of Hawke’s Bay Airport in Napier on Friday morning.
Police said they were tipped off that a deer was running in the middle of the road in Tamatea about 7.15am.
Then, just before 8.30am, they were told the deer was now at the airport.
The deer then left the runway area and was seen heading into farmland away from the airport, towards Bay View.
Animal Control was called, and the deer was euthanised by police.
A Hawke’s Bay Airport spokesperson said the deer appeared to have come from the direction of Taradale.
It was seen running on the runway, with the airport team notifying police.
The spokesperson said the airport was reviewing what happened, but it appeared the animal had jumped a fence.
An Air New Zealand spokeswoman said no flights had been delayed as a result of the incident, and none of its operations had been affected.
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