Horizons Regional Council has sent $100,000 worth of portable pumps to assist with clearing floodwaters in Edgecumbe.
Last week the small Bay of Plenty town had to be evacuated after the Rangitaiki River breached its banks and flooded the town.
Ramon Strong from Horizons said Bay of Plenty Regional Council put out a call to other regional councils for any available pumping equipment late last week.
"Some of our portable pumps were used following our rain event last week, however fortunately we didn't have any serious flooding outside of our river channels and had a number spare," said Mr Strong.
"Once we assessed that they were not required locally we put them on a truck and sent them north, along with two engineering staff to assist with set up and initial operation. The pumps can shift up to one cubic metre of water per second and are powered by tractors or generators."