5 Jul 2022

Viral sheep video shines light on New Zealand farming community

12:13 pm on 5 July 2022

A Hawke's Bay sheep and beef farmer is shocked her sped up video of a sheep muster has gone viral.

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Mickey Trotter posted the reel to her Instagram back in May but on Sunday Australian actor Hugh Jackman reposted it to his 30 million followers.

"It was just a bit of a surprise ... watching it spread and go viral.

"I'm not really in the loop with social media so my cousins were the ones that told me that it was getting so many views," Trotter said.

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The last time she had checked 2.5 million people had watched the video on her Instagram alone.

She was happy people were enjoying it.

"It's been pretty cool to have some positive feedback for the New Zealand farming community because usually things can get a bit negative."

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