2 Feb 2023

Nearly 500 Auckland state houses damaged in floods

From Checkpoint, 5:38 pm on 2 February 2023

Almost five hundred Auckland state houses have suffered flood damage with an unknown number destined for demolition. Some of those badly damaged homes are virtually new, only completed in 2019. Now the agency's investigating the buildling method used after their foundations failed. Kainga Ora Auckland deputy chief executive Caroline Butterworth explains the flood damage assessment is still underway.