New Zealand. Photo source: © SAF — Coastal Care
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Northland’s coast has been newly charted showing where 13,500 properties potentially stand in the path of tide and time.
Climate change, storm surges, tsunamis, earthquakes and poorly placed human footprints could all increase the risk of flooding and coastal erosion at sites identified on Northland Regional Council’s new coastal hazard maps…
Read Full Article, The New Zealand Herald (02-19-2018)
Are we loving our beaches to death? Survey says ‘yes’; Bay of Plenty Times (01-13-2017)
A new survey has found almost two-thirds of New Zealanders believed beach erosion was worse than it was 20 years ago, and most were worried that some beaches might vanish forever. In many cases, New Zealand’s beaches were paying the price for overwhelming public popularity…
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