Thank you so much to all the NZ Meat Workers Union members who have made a massive donation to the Wairoa Give a Little account to support our town’s recovery from the June flooding.

This week, NZ Meat Workers Union organisers Mike Paltridge from Feilding and Mike Mucalo from Hastings drove to Wairoa to personally deliver the news that the union members had donated $100,000 to support the town’s recovery efforts.

The donation was collected from the entire NZ Meat Workers Union members in regions such as Otago, Southland, Canterbury and the North Island.

The donation equated to around $7 per union member and was in recognition of the strong ties the union has to the Wairoa community, with a large number of members employed at the Affco Wairoa plant.

The National Executive of the union expressed sympathy for the situation Wairoa is facing and had watched in dismay at how the latest flooding tragedy unfolded.

The donation is to help those who have the greatest need in the hope of alleviating the dire situation in Wairoa’s hardest-hit areas.

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little was thrilled with the contribution, which will be split to acknowledge those impacted by the Cyclone Gabrielle flooding and the June flooding. “Thank you so much to the union and the members for this generous support. To know that union members throughout the country have been thinking about Wairoa and donated money to help us is quite overwhelming. We know there are union members in Wairoa who have been impacted by these flooding events. On behalf of our community, thank you so much for your thoughtfulness and your donation, which will be used to help our people recover.”

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little accepts a donation of $100,000 from NZ Meat Workers Union organisers Mike Paltridge and Mike Mucalo.

11 July 2024

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