2 May 2022

Sinking coast will put NZ homes, infrastructure at risk

From Morning Report, 6:39 am on 2 May 2022

Rising sea levels and sinking coast lines will put infrastructure and homes in many New Zealand cities at risk of flooding decades earlier than previously thought, according to a new report.

That's going to put many councils in the tough position of deciding whether to mitigate or retreat from the encroaching seas.

Local Goverment New Zealand president Stuart Crosby spoke to Susie Ferguson.