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From simple 2D illustration to full 3D modelling, we can make it happen.
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Wai Ora: why wetlands are nature’s flood defence
Wetlands act like nature’s sponges - soaking up water, trapping sediment, filtering nutrients, and slowly releasing flow back into streams and groundwater. When wetlands are connected across a catchment, they can reduce erosion, improve water quality, and help protect land and infrastructure during heavy rain and drought. |
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Coastal flooding: what’s changing on the Bay of Plenty coast
Coastal flooding (inundation) happens when low-lying land is flooded by the sea, often during storms when wind, waves, low pressure and heavy rain combine to raise water levels. With climate change and sea level rise, flooding is expected to become more frequent and severe — including “sunny day flooding” during high tides — so knowing your local risk is becoming essential. |
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Spreading cow pee: the wearable tech cutting emissions
A cow urine patch is an amazing nitrogen resource - but it’s usually too small and too concentrated for pasture to use efficiently. Āmua and AgriZeroNZ's solution is brilliantly simple: a small, lightweight cow-wearable device that takes a concentrated urine patch and spreads it out, turning waste into a more usable, fertiliser-like input. |
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Auckland’s blue-green networks
In Auckland, heavier downpours can overwhelm pipes and culverts, flooding low-lying neighbourhoods. Blue-green networks create open parkland within stream floodplains to carry stormwater safely during storms, while remaining usable community space in dry weather - reducing risk across a whole catchment, not just individual properties. |
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Auckland flood prep: simple steps to reduce damage
During storms, flash flooding can turn streets and lawns into fast-flowing streams, sending water to the lowest points and into homes. This Auckland Council explainer outlines practical steps to reduce damage. It also covers longer-term property changes that can help stormwater flow safely, plus how to check your flood risk using Auckland Council’s flood viewer. |
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Why Auckland floods: flash flooding and where water goes
Flooding is Auckland’s most common natural hazard, often as fast-moving flash flooding after intense rain overwhelms drainage systems. Water can flow overland even where no stream is visible, ponding in low spots, floodplains, and in places where historic streams were piped. Auckland is also using parks, wetlands and naturalised streams to hold and redirect stormwater during big events. |
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Auckland drought: why it happens and how to prepare
Auckland’s climate swings between very wet and very dry years, and as temperatures rise we’re expected to see more frequent and severe droughts - alongside more flooding. Drought can lower dam storage, increase water restrictions, raise wildfire risk, and put pressure on households, rural communities and businesses. Practical steps include drought-tolerant planting, installing rain tanks, using water-efficient fittings, and checking restriction stages and water-saving advice. |
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Coastal erosion in Auckland: what it is and why it’s changing
Coastal erosion is a natural process, but it becomes a hazard when it starts affecting the places and infrastructure we value. Beaches can erode and recover, while cliffs tend to retreat with no cycle of regrowth, and climate change is expected to increase erosion through sea level rise and more intense storms. Auckland Council has developed mapping tools across different timeframes and climate scenarios to support planning with experts, iwi and communities, including Shoreline Adaptation Plans. |