1 Feb 2023

Vegetable growers warn of shortages after severe weather

From Checkpoint, 5:51 pm on 1 February 2023

Vegetable growers are warning there will be significant effects to crops because of the severe weather that's hit the upper North Island.

Nearly half of the country's vegetables are grown in flood-hit Pukekohe and in response to the damage there, some farmers in other regions are planting extra crops to try to fill gaps.

Here's our rural reporter Maja Burry.