Brown said the climb down the wall might be dangerous, but aside from that the ride down the floodwaters was fairly safe. Brown thought two people might have gone down, or the first person had gone down twice, but he had not been paying enough attention. it's a bit of fun." He thought it would be "a bit over the top" for charges to be potentially laid in the case. A video of the dam rider has been posted online by West Auckland Updates and has been viewed nearly 60,000 times.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 13, 2017 00:33 UTC