Cyclone costs add up for Hawke’s Bay horticulture

Just over one month on, the full cost of the damage to Hawke’s Bay horticulture caused by Cyclone Gabrielle has become clearer with the latest estimates reaching nearly NZ$1.5bn.

The billion-dollar figure was given to growers in an all of horticulture meeting set up by industry groups on 20 April. The early estimate includes lost production in 2023, the cost of the clean up

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