Govt makes $700k available for upper North Island regions impacted by flooding

Govt makes $700k available for upper North Island regions impacted by flooding
Staff reporters
The government has released an additional $700,000 in support for regions badly impacted by the recent flooding in the upper North Island.It comes after ministers agreed at cabinet earlier this week to provide $1 million to the Mayoral Relief Fund.Shortly after the storm, emergency management minister Kieran McAnulty released an initial $100,000 to the fund following Friday’s downpour in Auckland. Today's funding announcement includes $500,000 to provide unskilled and semi-skilled jobs for local people who would support farmers,...