This week producer Cosmo Kentish-Barnes is in his wet weather gear in the Tasman district meeting farmers and other rural residents, still battered and bruised from one catastrophic weather event, staring down the barrel of another deluge.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode here.

In this episode:

• 0.38 News wrap
• 6.20 Tasman's rural resilience tested by back-to-back storms

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details