Despite the Government's injection of funds for Manawatu-Wanganui flood relief, an extra $20 million requested by the Horizons Regional Council in April is still urgently needed, council chairman Chris Lester says.
On Friday, the Government distributed just over $8 million to the Rangitikei and Manawatu district councils and Horizons Regional Council
for rates remissions.
Next month the Government will match the $2.8 million raised by national and regional flood relief drives, says a spokesman for Local Government Minister Chris Carter.
A spokesman for Civil Defence Minister George Hawkins said he did not know when a decision on extra funding would be made.
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