The Leader River attacking State Highway 1 earlier this week (Source: RNZ) This week, northern Canterbury and southern Marlborough experienced the worst flooding in possibly more than a generation. Fuelled by a deep, broad, slow moving low that delivered huge rainfall tallies in the northern South Island - and significant snow in inland and southern … Continue reading The soggy question posed by New Zealand floods
Government unacceptably laissez faire on N.Z natural hazard risk
As we progress into the 7th year of this decade, one thing that has been striking for me is the number of natural hazard events that have occurred here. And how, despite the frequency, the Government seems wedded to the same levels of investment and concern. Which is a concern. Since the start of the … Continue reading Government unacceptably laissez faire on N.Z natural hazard risk