More Kiwis at risk of inland flooding due to changing climate

Update: 2025-10-29

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There are 750,000 people already at risk from inland flooding and that will increase as a changing climate brings wilder, wetter weather, new data shows. Climate change correspondent Kate Newton reports.

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More Kiwis at risk of inland flooding due to changing climate

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More Kiwis at risk of inland flooding due to changing climate

More Kiwis at risk of inland flooding due to changing climate