Cyclone Gabrielle: Overwhelming challenges for rural Tairawhiti

10:30 am on 22 February 2023

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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.