Ride-along with Ferk

Though still damp with autumn rain Tony Ferkins decided it was “better to be cutting than doing nothing”, so fired up the combine harvester in Tolaga Bay.

Produced by New Zealand Geographic

He’ll be able to go twice the speed as the maize dries, but in the meantime it allows tractor driver Jacob Gueze plenty of time to line-up the hopper.

The East Cape is uniquely susceptible to climate change. In particular the pattern of El Nino/La Nina that results in both floods and droughts for the cape.

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