Civil Defence / Food

Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay orchardist Paul Paynter

09:50 am on 17 February 2023

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Paul Paynter's company Yummy Fruit is a major provider to the domestic market. 

He says there are horrific scenes in parts of the Esk Valley, with orchards and vines underwater and silt, dead animals and debris everywhere.

A flooded Hawke's Bay orchard after Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo: Supplied / Catherine Wedd