Both Barrels July 2025 - Nelson Marlborough

Help needed for flood-affected farmers 

The massive June and July 2025 floods, which battered the Motueka Catchment have devastated low-lying areas of the valley, damaging houses, orchards, and farmland, and we feel for those who have been affected. 

Nelson Marlborough staff member Jacob Lucas is coordinating a Fish & Game volunteer response and is asking hunters and anglers to get involved in the clean-up.

The response from the community to help people affected by the flood has been fantastic so far, and we are just one of many groups out there working hard to help restore farms.

For those who live locally, there is an opportunity to get involved in the clean-up.  Fish & Game will be facilitating more clean-up days over the coming months, aiming for one to two per week.

Several farm clean-up days have been held so far, and we’ve had a great turnout from Fish & Game licence-holders.

To get involved, email Jacob Lucas: jlucas@fishandgame.org.nz