An extra $700k has been put towards flooding victims in Edgecumbe and the Bay of Plenty. Photo/File
An extra $700k of relief will go to flood-ravaged businesses, farmers and growers and rural families in Edgecumbe and the Bay of Plenty.
The package included $200,000 for rural assistance payments to help rural families with living costs, $250,000 for the Rural Support Trust to help farmers and growers assess
crop damage, and $250,000 towards a Disaster Relief Fund to support businesses.
Around 100 local businesses would receive the funding, announced today by Minister for Economic Development Simon Bridges and Lead Minister for Edgecumbe, Anne Tolley.
The funding would help businesses stay operable while the massive clean-up continued, Mr Bridges said.
"It's going to be some time before things get back to normal after the flooding.