A Waikato man has captured the amazing sight of a tornado tearing across the sky.
Finn Krippner from Pirongia filmed the rare weather event as he drove down Golf Rd in the township of Te Awamutu.
He told Newshub he and his friends leaped at the chance to follow the tornado.
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"I was quite excited - we were doing some work in the yard when we saw it, and decided to get in the car and start chasing it."
He says it's the first time he's seen a tornado in about 10 years.
"I was pretty shocked - you just never come across them."
Tornadoes are relatively rare in New Zealand, with about seven moderate to strong ones hitting the country every year.
Three people have been killed by tornadoes this century: two near Waitara in 2004, and one in Albany in 2011.
The West Coast of the South Island and Taranaki in the North Island are the places most likely to get tornadoes in New Zealand.
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