Kiwifruit packers EastPack hope to rally 100 staff together to help in the wake of the Edgecumbe floods.
Phil Karl, general manager of operations at EastPack, said it had closed its cool store in Edgecumbe yesterday but the plant had a lucky escape and had not been affected after a nearby stop bank held up overnight.
However around 30 of its staff would not be coming into work today after their homes were impacted by the flooding.
It was now considering what it was going to do around assembling an army together to help out.
"We have got a lot of people here...upwards of 100 people that could get out there but we have got to work out what we can do.
Karl said he would be assessing the situation today and seeing what it needed to mobilise over the weekend.
source: nzherald.co.nz
