Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford is heading to Gisborne today to see first-hand the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus on the logging industry.
Gisborne's mayor says the region will "run dry" if solutions are not found to the logging slowdown resulting from Covid-19.
Chinese ports are at full capacity, causing significant disruptions to the supply chain in the forestry industry.
That's of significant concern in Gisborne, where 85 per cent of the region's logs are usually exported to China.
Rehette Stoltz is Gisborne's mayor.
She speaks to Susie Ferguson.
