23 Jun 2021

Canterbury floods: One farmer faces more than $1m damage

From Checkpoint, 5:43 pm on 23 June 2021

Ashburton's flood-weary farmers are crying out for more financial support to fix what they say is Environment Canterbury's mismanagement of the region's rivers.

Three weeks on since the Canterbury floods ripped through the region, major damage continues to be assessed.

While they work to save their land, they say the government's grant, offering farmers $3,500, does not begin to make a dent with the clean-up bills.

Our reporter Eleisha Foon and camera man Nathan McKinnon, went to Ashburton to visit one of the worst affected farms.