Wairoa Council in Hawke's Bay says says there is still a lot of work to be done in helping 45 farmers whose properties suffered storm damage in April, though good progress has been made.
Rainfall of more than 500mm in some places caused massive slips which ruined paddocks, farm fences, tracks and water supplies.
The Government provided funds for 18 workers to assist farmers in Northern Hawke's Bay for 12 weeks.
Wairoa Council recovery manager Des Jane says progress in clearing farm fences and drains has been helped by recent fine weather.
He says the pressure is on to get farms back to some semblance of order before the funding for the extra workers runs out.
John Ross, who farms 520 hectares of mainly hill country near Wairoa, was one of the worst affected in northern Hawke's Bay.
He says the storm left him with dead sheep and cattle, severely eroded hillsides, 40 hectares of flats covered with up to 1 metre of silt, and only four out of 100 paddocks stock-proof.
He says seven Task Force Green workers were on the farm for three weeks and were "fantastic help."
Mr Ross says his immediate priorities are improving farm access by having a digger open up tracks, and making enough paddocks stock proof before lambing starts next month.
