A Tolaga Bay kiwifruit farmer says both the government and forestry companies need to compensate home owners, business owners and the forestry workers themselves in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Bridget Parker, who lives in the settlement of Paroa, about 8 kilometres northwest of Tolaga Bay, says slash has destroyed people's lives, and with the roads to plantations closed, local forestry workers have been told there is no work.
Matthew Theunissen reports from the East Coast settlement
