{"id":16142,"date":"2025-12-29T05:52:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16142"},"modified":"2025-12-29T05:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:52:46","slug":"tasman-floods-recovery-expected-to-cost-50m-take-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16142","title":{"rendered":"Tasman floods recovery expected to cost $50m, take two years"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than six months after back-to-back floods caused widespread damage across the Tasman District, the recovery is expected to cost the council $50 million and take up to two years to complete.<\/p>\n

Record rainfall\u00a0caused widespread damage across the district<\/a>, described as the worst in 150 years, after it was hit by devastating floods twice in as many weeks during June and July.<\/p>\n

It caused extensive damage to farms and rural properties, with land lost to swollen rivers, crops inundated with silt and fences washed away.<\/p>\n

More than 60 roads were closed due to flooding, landslips and fallen trees. and hundreds of homes were assessed for damage. with 36 yellow-stickered and five red.<\/p>\n

Nelson Tasman Emergency Management Group recovery manager Richard Kirby said the repair bill after the floods was estimated at $48m, with around three-quarters of that covered by insurance payouts or government contributions, leaving around $12m in costs to the council.<\/p>\n

The total cost of damage to river infrastructure was between $23 and $25m, while the roading damage was just over $20m.<\/p>\n

Kirby said the cost to private landowners was not known, but Insurance Council of New Zealand figures showed there were 2807 claims totalling $37.4m from the June floods in the South Island, bringing the total cost close to $100m.<\/p>\n

A report tabled in Parliament in early December<\/a>\u00a0found local councils need to be doing more to prepare for flooding and to mitigate the risks it poses to communities.<\/p>\n

The report, by the Office of the Auditor-General, looked specifically at the Tasman District. One of the weaknesses it identified was the council’s understanding of the condition of its flood protection infrastructure and the lack of a regular schedule of inspections.<\/p>\n

It made several recommendations, including that the council prepare a framework to prioritise the maintenance and capital work needed for its flood protection infrastructure, along with improvements to its asset management processes.<\/p>\n

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More than six months after back-to-back floods caused widespread damage across the Tasman District, the recovery is expected to cost the council $50 million and take up to two years to complete. Record rainfall\u00a0caused widespread damage across the district, described as the worst in 150 years, after it was hit by devastating floods twice in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16144,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16142\/revisions\/16144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}