Damage from the storm Photo: Supplied / Emergency Management Southland
A week after storms that caused widespread damage, farmers in Southland are still struggling with power supplies.
The local rural support trust says nearly 4 thousand households in the region are still without power.
The chair of Rural Support Trust Southland, Simon Hopcroft, says dairy farmer do now have generators, but some are starting to fail as they've been running so long.
He says there is a huge amount of damage to clean up, but people are now beginning to grapple with severe fatigue.
