Rural Support Trusts
Rural Support Trusts provide assistance to the rural community in times of hardship, including during adverse events such as drought and floods. Rural Support Trusts can provide services such as: coordinating an initial response to an event, helping farmers decide on business options, acting as advocates for financial assistance, and providing stress management services (or making referrals if appropriate).
The Government is developing a nation-wide network of Rural Support Trusts. This work programme includes:
- building the capability of existing Trusts, and
- forming new Trusts in regions where there are currently no Trusts.
Rural Support Organisations in NZ: Contact List as at February 2008
| Northland | Trust in the process of forming | Helen Moodie helen.moodie@landcare.org.nz |
09 435 3863 |
| Waikato/Hauraki/Coromandel | Waikato/Hauraki/Coromandel Rural Relief Trust | Neil Bateup bateupn@xtra.co.nz |
0800 787 254 |
| Bay of Plenty | Bay of Plenty Rural Support Trust | Derek Spratt spratty@netsmart.net.nz |
07 533 3764 |
| Gisborne | East Coast Rural Support Trust (Gisborne) | David Scott treescapefarm@xtra.co.nz |
06 868 4840 |
| Hawkes Bay | East Coast Rural Support Trust (Hawke’s Bay) | Hugh McPhail info@hughmcphail.co |
06 858 4361 |
| Hawke’s Bay Primary Producers Adverse Event Trust | Mike Adye mike@hbrc.govt.nz |
06 835 9203 | |
| Manawatu/Rangitikei | Manawatu/Rangitikei Family Support Trust | Margaret Millard millard@manawatu.gen.nz |
06 329 6860 |
| East Coast Rural Support Trust (Dannevirke) | Chris Southgate cwsouthgate@xtra.co.nz |
06 374 9862 | |
| Taranaki | Taranaki Rural Support Trust | Neville Hagenson n.c.hagenson@xtra.co.nz |
025 273 7588 |
| Peter Adamski p.k.adamski@xtra.co.nz |
06 751 4217 | ||
| Wairarapa | East Coast Rural Support Trust (Masterton) | Bruce Watkins hmebw@xtra.co.nz |
06 378 6895 |
| Marlborough/Nelson/Tasman | Top of the South Trust | Ian Blair ieblair@xtra.co.nz |
03 578 9923 |
| West Coast | Westland Rural Trust (Dobson) | Dianne Milne bobmilne@xtra.co.nz |
03 738 0038 |
| Ross Bishop rossbishop@clear.net.nz |
03 768 9000 | ||
| Canterbury | (North) Canterbury Rural Support Trust | Dorothy Oakley spudfarm@clear.net.nz |
03 318 1742 |
| Mid-Canterbury Emergency Relief Trust | Alan Baird Allan.baird@xtra.co.nz |
03 308 7594 | |
| Mid-Canterbury Rural Support Trust | Kevin Geddes kgeddes@fedfarm.org.nz |
03 307 8148 | |
| South Canterbury Adverse Event Trust | David Hewson hewson@farmside.co.nz |
03 612 6367 | |
| David Williams williams_tepuni@slingshot.co.nz |
027 297 4454 | ||
| Otago | Otago Adverse Events Trust | Irene Scurr scurbiko@xtra.co.nz |
03 454 6198 |
| Bev McCaw beverleymccaw@slingshot.co.nz |
03 434 0459 | ||
| Southland | Southland Rural Support Trust | Russell Falconer Russell.f@sld.quik.co.nz |
027 431 8173 |
Contact for Enquiries
Phil Journeaux
Manager
North Island Regions
Sector Performance Policy
MAF Policy
Private Bag 3123
Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: +64 7 957 8313
Fax: +64 7 957 8315
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