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The Evergreen Foundation supported TUMU Timbers to run a Bin Sanitisation programme that included stray and silt filled fruit bins from growers and neighbouring properties, cleaning them to an agreed standard, repairing them where needed, and returning them to the original owner in time for the next harvest.

Evergreen supported the Rapid Relief Team by contributing $173,000 to help them facilitate four Farmer Connect days in Gisborne, Wairoa, Hastings and Central Hawke’s Bay.

This volunteer network was set up in March 2023 to support Cyclone affected families and those working in the clean-up, delivering 3,600 loads of washing over a seven month period.

While Dan Carter and Ruby Tui were in town we took the opportunity to host a function to acknowledge our local heroes who went above and beyond in the initial response to the Cyclone – many of whom saved many lives carrying out rescues in our isolated rural areas.

October saw 130 Hawke’s Bay growers most affected by the Cyclone, invited to attend a one-off event at Tumu Timbers, Hastings.