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Waikato roads littered with feathers, motorists scratching for answers

Jesse Wood
By Jesse Wood
Waikato Herald·
20 Sep, 2023 02:00 AM2 mins to read

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Feathers cover the road in Te Awamutu. Photo / Kate Durie

Feathers cover the road in Te Awamutu. Photo / Kate Durie

A trail of white feathers is littering the road across the Waikato this morning and has even been spotted as far away as Taranaki.

The feathers were first spotted about 6am and it wasn’t long before motorists were scratching around on social media looking for answers.

Te Awamutu and Kihikihi residents were particularly ruffled, leading to a fair amount of speculation, but few answers.

There have been reports of the trail of feathers stretching as far south as Waitara, up the Waikato expressway and even across to Morrinsville.

“Pillow fight in TA and the town wasn’t invited?” a member on The Te Awamutu & Surrounding Areas Grapevine said.

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“Labour’s new idea to fix the potholes? They just forgot the tar,” was another member’s political pick.

Another pondered if “that’s what happened to the chicken that crossed the road”.

And it is a hayfever sufferer’s worst nightmare with one driver saying they couldn’t stop sneezing as they passed through Te Awamutu.

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Feathers on a Te Awamutu road. Photo / Jesse Wood
Feathers on a Te Awamutu road. Photo / Jesse Wood

A more realistic comment was left by another member, “it was a truck that forgot to put the cover on”.

“Catcher trucks taking chickens to factory to be processed early hours of the morning,” said another in what seemed like a plausible theory.

If that’s the case, there will be a fair few chickens with goosebumps when they reach their destination.

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