14 Feb 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer - 'It's total f****** carnage'

From Nine To Noon, 9:27 am on 14 February 2023
In Tairāwhiti, farmers near Tolaga Bay saw forestry slash and land damage from winds and heavy rain as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle.

In Tairāwhiti, farmers near Tolaga Bay saw forestry slash and land damage from winds and heavy rain as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo: Supplied / Bridget Parker

Tolaga Bay farmer Bridget Parker says she's at the end of her tether coping with forest waste creating floods that destroy  their land.

Three major flood events have now impacted her farm in the past year.

She says she is beyond angry with silt and water through their home, sheds and farm - and logs strewn across paddocks, far worse than the January flood.

Bridget Parker told Kathryn Ryan that government ministers and overseas forest company owners ought to visit their farm and see the devastation.