A multi-sector rural coordination group met in Gisborne yesterday to draw up a blueprint to help farmers, growers and families work through the monumental challenges left in Cyclone Gabrielle's wake.
The group includes representatives from MPI, industry bodies, animal welfare, local government and MSD. Kathryn speaks with farmer Sandra Matthews who attended the meeting - she's the Tairawhiti-based national board chair of Rural Women and on the Beef and Lamb NZ farmer council.
Also joining the conversation is Di Roadley, who farms in the Ruakituri Valley inland north of Wairoa, and retired farmer Bel Gunson from Rural Support Trust Hawkes Bay.
Photo: RNZ/ Kate Green
