10 Mar 2023

Flood design lessons to learn from Australia

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 10 March 2023

Rebuilding after floods is its early stages here in Aotearoa, with people deciding where to go next.

With insurance claims yet to be settled and questions what regulations are needed.

Australia has responded to floods of their own, and in flood-risk areas work is being done to build up resilience.

Paul Worrol, is an architect and managing director of Australian architecture firm Reddog Architecture. He talks to Susie about what we can learn from the Australian experience.

Army vehicles head towards the flood-devastated town of Grantham on January 14, 2011. As the flood waters drained from the cities and towns, revealing the full horror of the devastation wrought when the Brisbane River burst its banks, search teams recovered the body of the 16th victim.  AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo by TORSTEN BLACKWOOD / AFP)

Flooding damage in the Queensland town of Grantham in 2011. Photo: TORSTEN BLACKWOOD

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