A woman has been stung by a stingray in unusual circumstances in Hawke's Bay.
A stingray's tail had been cut off and left on a chair, and when the woman sat down the barb went into her leg.
Rescue teams in Mahia Peninsula who responded to her on Friday say the venom from a dead stingray would deliver the same pain as a live one.
The woman, who is in her late 40s, was taken by helicopter to Hawke's Bay Hospital for treatment.
