Displaying items by tag: flooding

Thursday, 25 August 2022 11:55

Dam helps keep flood water at bay from catchment

Recent high rainfall events in South Canterbury have highlighted the role the Opuha Dam plays in managing floods.

Published in Management
Thursday, 18 August 2022 15:55

Calls for sensible solutions to flood risk

As severe weather ravages the West Coast and Nelson-Tasman regions, calls are being made for solutions to flood risk.

Published in General News

The Mayoral Relief Fund to help communities in the Nelson/Tasman and Marlborough communities will get a $200,000 boost from the Government, Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty has announced.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 23 February 2022 06:55

State support for stricken farmers

The Government is making $200,000 available to the local Rural Support Trust to help West Coast farmers and growers recover from these latest floods.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 22 February 2022 11:20

Adverse event classified

Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor has classified severe weather that left a trail of damage across the North Island as a medium-scale adverse event.

Published in General News

Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor has classified the severe weather that’s affected the West Coast and Top of the South as a medium-scale adverse event, unlocking Government support for farmers and growers. 

Published in General News
Tuesday, 17 August 2021 09:55

Feed support available

Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Published in General News
Tuesday, 17 August 2021 08:55

Flood sets a new record

Two higher river terraces have been "the saving grace" of the Hamilton family dairy farm which borders the floodprone Buller River, says the matriarch of the family, 75-year-old Joan Hamilton.

Published in General News

Talk to Westport folk about the big flood of mid-July and all agree it was worse than the historic flood of 1926.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 11 August 2021 10:55

Support for flood-affected farmers

Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Published in General News
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