Katrina Thomas 19 Feb 2022 / Categories: National, Top of the South, West Coast, Adverse Events, Flooding February 2022 Flooding - West Coast and Top of the South A state of emergency remains in place across the Buller district on the West Coast as at 13 February 2022 Helpful links and numbers: Farmers needing support around dealing with floods are encouraged to visit the MPI Website. Farmers needing expert feed support to do a feed plan or to source supplementary feed should contact their levy body or Federated Farmers. DairyNZ: 0800 4 DairyNZ (0800 432 479 69) Beef + Lamb New Zealand: 0800 BEEFLAMB (0800 233 352) Federated Farmers: 0800 FARMING (0800 327 646) Farmers who require wellbeing support should contact us, the Rural Support Trust on 0800 RURAL HELP or 0800 787 254. Assistance measures can include: Resourcing for rural recovery co-ordination. Resource for on-farm farm clean-up. This could involve the co-ordination of volunteers or the use of Enhanced Taskforce Green. A boost for the Rural Support Trust to help serve communities with pastoral care, including organising local events and arranging recovery facilitators who work one-to-one with farmers and growers. Technology transfer activities and events. Other usual recovery measures, which may include tax flexibility and income assistance options, can be made available as appropriate. Photo: Reefton - Federated Farmers Print 8672 Tags: Flood More links West Coast and Top of the South FloodingWest Coast and Top of South flooding, slips classified as adverse event
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