Video shows digger stuck in precarious position

  • 28/04/2017

A slip along State Highway 1 near Kaikoura swallowed up a digger which thankfully had no one in it at the time.

The incident happened overnight last Thursday when the land became unstable leading to the slip and fresh movement of land.

New Zealand Transport Agency's Steve Mutton says no one was working on the slope at the time which is working to clear slips left by the November earthquakes.

"We had excavators on site trying to clear the massive slip off State Highway 1 [near Kaikoura]" he says.

"While it was parked up there we had the top of the slip face come down and partially bury the excavator."

More than a week on since the slip the NZTA are working on how to get the excavator down safely.

Watch the video.