Mundt was found unconscious on her property near Lincoln by her husband Neil on the afternoon of King’s Birthday, June 1.
The Ellesmere Ward councillor was riding the horse back to the shed when it got spooked and threw her off.
“It was a freak accident,” she said.
Mundt has no recollection of what spooked the horse or hitting her head.
Neil realised something must have happened when he found the horse near the shed with its bridle on, but no sign of Mundt.
“The horse was just standing around the shed so I thought, what’s going on here, then I went around the shed and saw Elizabeth on the ground.
“It initially didn’t concern me until she asked me what happened.”
When Mundt first sat up, she started vomiting.
“I felt incredibly sick, worse than any sickness I’ve had.”
Neil, who has first aid training, called an ambulance.
“It was pretty scary,” he said.
Mundt said she was drifting in and out of consciousness.
“I do have a memory of being woken up in the ambulance after a bump in the road.”
She spent the night in Christchurch Hospital.
A month on from the accident, she is easing back into council work, but is unsure when she will return to attending meetings.
“Primarily I will be working from home for the little while, but I’ll still be meeting the odd constituent.”
On Tuesday she sat in the public gallery to support residents from Upper Selwyn Huts while the council was approving the settlement’s new deed of licence.
Mundt, who used to compete in dressage, show jumping and cross country events, said she has had many falls over the years but had never been injured.
“I’ve always got up and dusted myself off and walked away.”
She was glad she was wearing a helmet.
“In my younger days we’d often ride the horse back to the paddock without a helmet, and I’m really glad the importance of having a helmet on has been drummed into us by the pony clubs."
