Two people who became stranded on a bank of the Kawarau River after jumping in after a dog have been rescued. At 4pm today emergency services were called to Rafters Rd, off the Gibbston Highway, after two men in their 20s fell into the river. Queenstown harbourmaster Marty Black said the men were with a group of about five people having a picnic on the river bank. While throwing sticks to the dog the animal fell in the river and the two man jumped in after it. The men made it to a bank 1km south of Rafters Rd, but were stuck there as the bank was too steep to climb.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 17, 2019 05:26 UTC