19 Nov 2013

NZ helps Sri Lankan dairy industry

10:01 am on 19 November 2013

New Zealand is contributing to a project to get the Sri Lankan dairy industry back on its feet after the civil war.

The Foreign Minister Murray McCully visited the project in northern Sri Lanka while attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

The Tear Fund charity has been replacing chilling stations and cool collection points destroyed by security forces.

Chief executive Ian McInnes said farmers can triple or quadruple their income as they sell their products further afield.

However, he said people still cannot move around freely in the north, which needs to be demilitarised.