Why we should release New Zealand's strangled rivers to lessen the impact of future floods
- Written by Gary John Brierley, Professor, Chair of Physical Geography, University of Auckland
Shutterstock/Tracey McNamaraWhen two West Coast rivers flooded on the same day in 2019, the Waiho tore down a bridge and cut off local communities for 18 days, and the Fox eroded a landfill, exposing 135 tonnes of rubbish that contaminated beaches more than 100km away.
A flood on the Rangitata River during the same year severed road, rail and...





