Changing our disaster focus
Jan 25, 2026•24 min•Ep. 1503
Episode description
The floods keep coming, and we keep rebuilding. Is there a better way to cope with increasing numbers of infrastructure-wrecking storms?
New Zealand's most common natural hazard is flooding, but we're often unprepared for it, and more preoccupied with earthquakes or eruptions
Guests:
- Nick Leggett - Infrastructure NZ Chief Executive
- Rehette Stoltz - Gisborne Mayor
- Kate Newton - RNZ Climate Change Reporter
- Fox Meyer - Newsroom political reporter
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