Wyndham Rugby Football Club member Kieran Anderson, of Hedgehope, helps clear debris off damaged fencing on an Edendale farm yesterday in the wake of severe flooding across the Southland region last week. Like many other farmers, he would now have to bear the brunt of the damage. "It definitely will knock us for a full round of grazing. Mr Henderson said the support from the community, as well as farming and agricultural industry groups had been "absolutely brilliant" and "really, really humbling". "I think probably 10 years ago that wouldn’t have happened, a lot of people wouldn’t have asked how we were.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 10, 2020 15:33 UTC