8 Mar 2022

Porirua plans to move houses for future flood planning

From Morning Report, 6:19 am on 8 March 2022

Some homes in Porirua north of Wellington may be raised, relocated or bought-out as the City Council grapples with it's flood-prone future.

The Council is spending almost $18-million upgrading its infrastructure to reduce flooding risk for homes in the worst hit Karehana area of Plimmerton.

Now it's proposing to spend millions more to help people living in the most vulnerable homes.

RNZ reporter Kirsty Frame has more