Fulton Hogan drone in North Otago

Fulton Hogan has started using a six-bladed hexicopter drone to survey North Otago's eroding coastline.

The drone - a hexicopter - carries a video camera. Photo / Ian Telfer

Fulton Hogan Dunedin laboratory manager Sean Connaughton, left, and drone operator Hunter Burt. Photo / Ian Telfer

The survey is being carried out for the Waitaki District Council. Photo / Ian Telfer

The drone is being used to survey coastal erosion near Kakanui, North Otago. Photo / Ian Telfer

Using the drone costs about $3000 for a day's survey. Photo / Ian Telfer

The Waitaki District Council will use the footage to shore up erosion hotspots. Photo / Ian Telfer

Waitaki District Council roading manager Michael Voss, far right, with the drone. Photo / Ian Telfer

It sounds like a swarm of mosquitos, RNZ's Ian Telfer says. Photo / Ian Telfer

The council has been caught out by erosion several times in the last five years. RNZ / Ian Telfer

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