Emergency services rushed to search Delaware Bay near Nelson after a local thought they saw a small plane, with smoke, over the water.
However, upon further investigation, they found 鈥渁 crop duster plane doing their job鈥.
Fire Emergency NZ (FENZ), Police and Coastguard all responded to the potential emergency. An RNZAF aircraft also assisted with the search.
A police spokesperson said: 鈥淯pon further inquiries, it appears to have been a crop duster plane doing their job. It doesn鈥檛 appear any plane crashed.鈥
A FENZ spokesperson said a number of crews are at the scene but they have 鈥渘ot found anything of that nature鈥.
The spokesperson said they have not had any other calls about this.
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