A farmer who tends cattle at the northern end of the Hikurangi swamp reckons the flood waters that drenched the region won't recede until the end of the month.
Weekend rain storms deluged Northland and parts of the East Coast. Eric Lewis Edwards, who lives in Whakapara halfway between Whangarei and the Bay of Islands, told reporter Matthew Theunissen it's good fertile land - when it's not waterlogged.
Northland MP Matt King met with Edwards yesterday while he was out assessing the damage in the electorate.
King speaks to Corin Dann.
