Minister surveys damage to hard hit Marlborough vineyards still under water
“No one has been injured, it seems like an exemplary response,” O’Connor said. “Some of the longer term costs, with roading and infrastructurem will be the things that we focus on. MAIA HART/STUFF Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor saw some of the damage in Marlborough caused by heavy rain. “I’ll be able to take the information back to my colleagues, just to make sure that we work with the Council as it has to spend the money of recovery.” The Minister’s first stop was a vineyard near the Wairau River, just over State Highway 63. Stop bank protection had largely ...
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