Greenstreet dairy farmer Dave Stewart and Max are safely back on the farm at Greenstreet, near Ashburton. It is a long way back for the Greenstreet dairy farming family following last week's flood event. Enclosed by both the north and south branches of the Hakatere River, Greenstreet has been one of the worst affected areas of the flood. The Stewart family had been anticipating nasty weather on the Sunday and began the process of co-ordinating their cows. Driving away in the defence force vehicle and facing an uncertain outlook in terms of the family farm, Stewart remembers the experience as heartbreaking.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 08, 2021 02:26 UTC