People died in Pakowhai because the council gave no warning! Civil defence left them stranded! I believe a part of the river was supposed to be opened up but it never happened! The Hastings District Council has blood on their hands & to top it off the overwhelming majority just want to return home! Never forget! Thank you TVNZ for actually providing an unbiased editorial on the subject but perhaps tell the whole story of the councils wrongdoings.
It is worse than that. The Hastings District Councils are responsible for the failure of the stop banks. Since Cyclone Bola the councils went on a tree planting binge. The millions of trees were planted on the banks of all the rivers . They even planted trees between the rivers and the stop banks. The rivers had no room to flood. They need to remove all those trees and the tree roots or more people will die every time it rains. They also have to admit that they have blood on their hands and have planned for more blood.
It's Hawkes Bay Regional Council who are the most responsible not Hastings District Council. Hawkes Bay Councils primary roll is to protect and monitor our waterways and natural resources. They should of kept our rivers dredged and clear. They charge contractors to cart out truck loads of shingle when they should be paying them to take away. Otherwise the river bed keeps rising and when there's a flood it bursts its banks because the river bed is 2 - 3m higher. A full inquiry or investigation needs to be made.
@@manlys4351 Maybe, but I wrote Councils (plural). The shingle and silt build up is caused by too many trees in all the wrong places. Those trees have to be removed. There needs to be a law banning trees in areas where rivers need to flood. The space between stop banks and the rivers should be clear of trees. When they remove the trees and the tree roots, the rivers will be free. The river mouths should be reopened and allow the rivers to keep their shingle beds. A shingle bedded river is a clear and healthy river. Allowing rivers to stagnate and pool will cause algal blooms. We can't allow our love for trees to destroy us.
The catchment board was removed before Gabrielle. Their job was to clear rivers, + river mouths.. please re-instate them. Laws against slash too please.. esk valley river needs a clear straight entrance to the sea. Not a dogs leg. Huge sinkhole recently formed there. Private dam blown above Esk Valley..
If NZ was net-zero today, it would have zero impact on global climate change. Crying climate change and pushing for net-zero is pointless - we cannot change it. What we can change is how resilient New Zealand is to the effects of climate change. Focusing on what we can’t change is ignorant and futile. Focusing on what we can change is proactive and useful.
Cool cool, since NZ has no impact on global economy as well, why should we do anything inline with that? When we are at the mercy of all the other big players decisions, lets just to whatever we want to improve our peoples lives right and ignore what else is going on? Like selling the dairy and other produce not at global prices locally but what's affordable to NZers? I hear a big no? why not? Because then you can blame Labor/Greens etc and praise the NACTs then?
to add to that . a quick google search of your typical plane . 737 747 and bigger use how much fossil fuel to reach there destination... gallons per second. the amount of planes in the sky at any given moment and burning fuel. and even dumping it! this fake news needs to shed light on what is happening . another quick google search on how much diesel is used on a daily is mind boggling. they say we are 1.5c above average the point of no return. . natures way of dealing with the Coporate stooges.. 5million is really small compared to others countries. no comparison. its too late for this nonsense net zero. why now and not in the year 2000 . i watch the caravan park at little wahi get pummeled year after year . has this not been happening since way back. need to stop building in flood prone areas . full stop . we the people control our government . why would we rely on local council there hopeless in every way. driving around Rotorua a city that has 65-70thousand folks.. ive counted 30 water leaks. not small leaks . gushing water. fact is we live around 13 lakes and have 2-3 aquafers . providing millions of gallons per minute . but rdc dont care as it will cost to much to actuall fix the pipes rather they just plug it... lived in my house for 8 years and twice a year the pipe in the road burst. amazingly a member of rdc lives on the road and it goes un reported.
People died in Pakowhai because the council gave no warning! Civil defence left them stranded! I believe a part of the river was supposed to be opened up but it never happened! The Hastings District Council has blood on their hands & to top it off the overwhelming majority just want to return home! Never forget! Thank you TVNZ for actually providing an unbiased editorial on the subject but perhaps tell the whole story of the councils wrongdoings.
It is worse than that. The Hastings District Councils are responsible for the failure of the stop banks. Since Cyclone Bola the councils went on a tree planting binge. The millions of trees were planted on the banks of all the rivers . They even planted trees between the rivers and the stop banks. The rivers had no room to flood. They need to remove all those trees and the tree roots or more people will die every time it rains. They also have to admit that they have blood on their hands and have planned for more blood.
It's Hawkes Bay Regional Council who are the most responsible not Hastings District Council. Hawkes Bay Councils primary roll is to protect and monitor our waterways and natural resources. They should of kept our rivers dredged and clear. They charge contractors to cart out truck loads of shingle when they should be paying them to take away. Otherwise the river bed keeps rising and when there's a flood it bursts its banks because the river bed is 2 - 3m higher. A full inquiry or investigation needs to be made.
@@manlys4351 Maybe, but I wrote Councils (plural). The shingle and silt build up is caused by too many trees in all the wrong places. Those trees have to be removed. There needs to be a law banning trees in areas where rivers need to flood. The space between stop banks and the rivers should be clear of trees. When they remove the trees and the tree roots, the rivers will be free. The river mouths should be reopened and allow the rivers to keep their shingle beds. A shingle bedded river is a clear and healthy river. Allowing rivers to stagnate and pool will cause algal blooms. We can't allow our love for trees to destroy us.
Hawke's Bay Council is a joke, alongside that of Napier and Hastings they have failed and cannot be trusted.
The catchment board was removed before Gabrielle. Their job was to clear rivers, + river mouths.. please re-instate them. Laws against slash too please.. esk valley river needs a clear straight entrance to the sea. Not a dogs leg. Huge sinkhole recently formed there. Private dam blown above Esk Valley..
this is our New Orlean flooding with no help from central government
Yup, and watch this government do nothing about it for 3 yrs
If NZ was net-zero today, it would have zero impact on global climate change.
Crying climate change and pushing for net-zero is pointless - we cannot change it. What we can change is how resilient New Zealand is to the effects of climate change.
Focusing on what we can’t change is ignorant and futile. Focusing on what we can change is proactive and useful.
100% Agree.
Cool cool, since NZ has no impact on global economy as well, why should we do anything inline with that? When we are at the mercy of all the other big players decisions, lets just to whatever we want to improve our peoples lives right and ignore what else is going on? Like selling the dairy and other produce not at global prices locally but what's affordable to NZers?
I hear a big no? why not? Because then you can blame Labor/Greens etc and praise the NACTs then?
to add to that . a quick google search of your typical plane . 737 747 and bigger use how much fossil fuel to reach there destination... gallons per second. the amount of planes in the sky at any given moment and burning fuel. and even dumping it!
this fake news needs to shed light on what is happening .
another quick google search on how much diesel is used on a daily is mind boggling.
they say we are 1.5c above average the point of no return. . natures way of dealing with the Coporate stooges.. 5million is really small compared to others countries. no comparison. its too late for this nonsense net zero. why now and not in the year 2000 . i watch the caravan park at little wahi get pummeled year after year . has this not been happening since way back.
need to stop building in flood prone areas . full stop . we the people control our government . why would we rely on local council there hopeless in every way. driving around Rotorua a city that has 65-70thousand folks.. ive counted 30 water leaks. not small leaks . gushing water. fact is we live around 13 lakes and have 2-3 aquafers . providing millions of gallons per minute . but rdc dont care as it will cost to much to actuall fix the pipes rather they just plug it... lived in my house for 8 years and twice a year the pipe in the road burst. amazingly a member of rdc lives on the road and it goes un reported.