30 May 2022

One year since Ashburton flood hit

From Morning Report, 7:34 am on 30 May 2022

It's a year since heavy rain caused rivers in Mid-Canterbury to burst their banks causing huge damage to farmland.

An area known as Greenstreet inland from Ashburton was the hardest hit - paddocks were left covered in shingle and hectares of pasture were under water.

Rurals reporter Sally Murphy paid farmers a visit.