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Posts Tagged ‘state of emergency’

National raided $6,000,000,000 infrastructure & flood fund

Written By: - Date published: 7:47 pm, July 20th, 2025 - 25 comments

Tasman, Top of the South Island patiently waits after National raided $6 billion infrastructure fund

Southland floods and toxic waste

Written By: - Date published: 7:05 am, February 6th, 2020 - 45 comments

As Southland starts post-flood recovery, the question arises of why 10,000 tonnes of waste known to become toxic on exposure to water was allowed to be stored on the banks of a river with known flood risk in a building with known flood risk? 

State of emergency on the South Island’s east coast

Written By: - Date published: 9:43 pm, July 21st, 2017 - 23 comments

Evacuations are now happening throughout Otago and Canterbury, with more rain expected over night and into Saturday.