Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playThree cows have been luckily - or unluckily - stranded on an island of land, surrounded by collapsed earth from landslides near Kaikoura. The video footage from Newshub shows two adult cattle and a calf stranded on the small island of grass amidst chaos, after the 12.02am 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook much of the country. Mid Canterbury farmers are on standby to take dairy cows from quake-affected North Canterbury dairy farmers. Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers dairy spokesman Nathan Currie said communication was the biggest problem and knowing what was needed. "I have plenty of farmers that can take cows to alleviate issues they might have.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 14, 2016 04:10 UTC