How the 2017 Edgecumbe floods helped forge a new career path 4 May, 2021 10:13 PM 3 minutes to read Anahera Hale studied agriculture at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. Photo / Supplied Rotorua Daily Post Being forced out of her home after the 2017 Edgecumbe flood has led one local to pursue a career in farming. Anahera Hale and her grandmother were living on a family friend's dairy farm after their home was flooded and the experience prompted her to study the Level 3 New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. "I was watching the farmer drive up and down the farm on the farm bike. I thought to myself, I can see myself doing that, working with animals and being outdoors."