Edgecumbe residents back on the job despite devastationCHRIS MCKEEN/FAIRFAX NZ EastPack and Fonterra are the biggest employers in the town of 1638 people. Despite their houses being potentially ruined by this week's flooding, some kiwifruit packing staff are back at work at the EastPack packhouse in Edgecumbe. Operations manager Phil Karl said about 30 residents worked at the company's Edgecumbe plant. Meanwhile growers in water-logged kiwifruit orchards in the Edgecumbe district are assessing the damage to their crops as floodwaters recede. Karl said the company's Edgecumbe packhouse was located on higher ground on the other side of the river to the hard hit residential zone.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2017 23:37 UTC