More funding is being pumped out by the government to support recovery efforts.
Affected farmers and growers in the top-of-the-south and the Far North District can now get their share of a $150,000 package.
This after a medium-scale adverse event for flooding has been declared in those areas - the third time in just over a year that's been done in Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough.
Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty spoke to Susie Ferguson.