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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 around 8 kilometres from Tolaga Bay, says that forestry slash has destroyed people's lives. She says local forestry workers have been told that there is no work now as the roads to plantations are closed. And she told our producer Matthew Theunissen that's not good enough. Here is his report.