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INDUSTRY BODY DairyNZ is organising a series of community support meetings for farmers and advisors in Northland this week to aid recovery and discuss how to be more prepared when severe weather events hit the region.

RURAL WOMEN New Zealand  reminds Far North farming families to be mindful about health issues in dealing with flood waters, inclduing the elevated risk of leptospirosis.

RAVENSDOWN WILL give $20,000 to Rural Support Trust Northland for emergency feed and the provision of counselling and advisory services.

A MEDIUM-SCALE adverse event has been declared for the primary sector in storm-hit Northland by Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

FLOOD-RAVAGED UK farmers are calling for more funding for flood defence management.

More roads have been closed because of flooding throughout the Southland District.

The Piako and Waitoa rivers in Waikato remain heavily swollen today following recent rains, while the Ohinemuri and Waihou have begun to recede. Further west, the lower Waikato River remains high.