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24 September 2010
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Rural Women NZ offers support following Southland snowstorms

Rural Women New Zealand members are gearing up to offer support to farming families in Southland and Otago following the recent snowstorms and atrocious weather conditions.

“Farming families are feeling shocked and vulnerable, and our members will do what they can to offer support and assistance, just as they have following the Canterbury earthquake” says RWNZ National President, Liz Evans.

As a leading rural community organisation, Rural Women New Zealand has been invited to next Monday’s Southland/South Otago Rural Recovery meeting in Invercargill, which aims to come up with practical responses for the short and medium term, both for people and stock.

Rural Women New Zealand has also received a further $3,000 from MAF to run a programme of adverse events meetings and organise community get-togethers in the region, once the weather clears.

“This comes on top of $5,000 we have received to run similar events in Canterbury following the earthquake,” says Ms Evans.

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