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The Government is backing a $280,000 marketing push to support West Coast businesses after storms lashed the region, says Rural Communities Minister and local MP Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Rural Communities

Extra funding will allow Rural Support Trusts to help farming families, says Minister for Rural Communities and Agriculture Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Rural Communities

The Provincial Growth Fund will invest $2.074 million to repair erosion damage to the seawall at Westport Airport to ensure the airport is maintained as a crucial connection, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones announced today.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Regional Economic Development
  • Rural Communities

Minister for Rural Communities Damien O’Connor has welcomed the Minister of Health’s commitment to develop rural health training hubs.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Rural Communities

Government Ministers Damien O’Connor and Eugenie Sage are visiting the West Coast to see how flood recovery work is going and hear views of the local community.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Rural Communities

Minister for Agriculture and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor announced today that the medium-scale event classification for the Tasman drought would be extended to cover Marlborough and Buller as well as Nelson.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Rural Communities