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Department of Conservation ranger Gary Hayes didn't have time to think as he went to aid of a horse stuck in a float, close to death.
Department of Conservation ranger Gary Hayes didn't have time to think as he went to aid of a horse stuck in a float, close to death. He was busy repairing the roof of historic stables at the Birchwood Homestead in Ahuriri Conservation Park in the Mackenzie basin, when a young woman cried out for help. Her horse, Manuka, which was part of a local trekking company, had decided to try and leap over a bar in its horse float and had become stuck. "She asked if I knew anything about horses and I said, 'no, but I'll help'. The horse couldn't breathe. It was stuck on the partition in the float and ha