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There’s a free barbecue dinner for farmers, growers and other rural residents in the Tomarata area next month, thanks to the combined efforts of more than a dozen primary industry bodies and community organisations known as the Northland Collaborative Group.
Volunteers will be firing up the barbie at the Tomarata Hall from 6pm on Thursday, December 12 for a pre-Christmas community get-together.
Originally held to help build morale during the last drought, the dinners have been run throughout Northland ever since.
“As rural communities continue to experience the pressure of tough financial times, significant weather events and changing land use, the free dinners aim to bring the community together for an easy, stress-free, enjoyable evening off the farm,” a spokesperson says.
“We will be serving dinner from 6.30pm – bring along your family, neighbours and farm team; everyone is welcome.”
Northland Collaborative Group members include the Rural Support Trust, Fonterra, Federated Farmers, Beef + Lamb NZ, DairyNZ, FMG, Dairy Women’s Network, MPI, Civil Defence, Bayleys, Forsyth Barr, Rural Women NZ, police and Young Farmers.
Anyone attending is asked to RSVP for catering purposes by emailing Hazel MacMillan at nh.macmillan@xtra.co.nz
