Special edition of Across the Region

Across the Region is distributed to households on a quarterly basis with a district specific flavour. For this quarter we have put together a special Wanganui flood edition.

Across the Region is distributed to households on a quarterly basis with a district specific flavour. For this quarter we have put together a special Wanganui flood edition.

It’s been four months since our Region experienced its biggest storm event since 2004. However, unlike in 2004, this storm extended into the Whanganui River catchment and caused major damage in the Wanganui urban and rural areas. We’re aware that the community has a number of questions around the future of flood protection for Wanganui. This edition aims to provide information around the scale of the event, answer some of the questions being asked and provide assurance that nothing will happen without community consultation. If you have any further questions beyond this edition please send them to help@horizons.govt.nz