22 Feb 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle: Overwhelming challenges for rural Tairawhiti

From Nine To Noon, 10:30 am on 22 February 2023
Floods engulf farmland along East Cape

Floods engulf farmland along East Cape Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

Most isolated farms in Tairawhiti have now been contacted, accounted for and assessed but still face major challenges as they set about cleaning up  flood damaged properties and communities.

Sandra Faulkner is a Federated Farmers Board member and Chair of the Gisborne rural co-ordination group.