The Gisborne region is still pretty sodden after two recent storms that brought heavy rain, slips and flooding. But life must go on, which for some has meant fruit picking up to their knees in mud.
Murray Burgess has 30 acres of citrus fruit in Te Karaka - inland from Gisborne, and has been picking mandarins with his local workers in thick gluey mud.
Murray Burgess' mandarin orchard in Te Kakara following two recent storms. Photo: supplied
