Tasman weather - Riwaka, Motueka Photo: RNZ/Mark Papalii
It's been a rough year for the Tasman District with two severe storms bringing flooding and destruction to the region.
A state of Emergency was declared in late June and extended when another round of extreme rain hit in early July.
To top things off, the closure of Carter Holt Harvey's Eves Valley sawmill was confirmed with 142 job losses.
But just months later, the region is looking forward to a bumper summer with tourism and hospitality reporting an upswing.
Tasman District mayor, Tim King, joins Kathryn to talk about how the recovery is going.
