Brash lands bit part in Nelson arts festival

The Nelson Arts Festival has found the stuffed alsatian needed as a prop in the Australian dance show Blue Love that stages at the Suter Theatre next month.

Last week the festival crew thought they had their dog after a response to the story from Rotorua - but that dog turned out to be just a stuffed toy.

Arts Festival technical director Antony Hodgson got back on the trail of a dog spotted at the Blenheim dump - and now has the pooch in his possession.

He is a handsome mutt named Brash with erect ears and a permanently alert posture.

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