Thread: Getting back to living off the land.....

There are lots of places in NZ where developers, hand in hand with councils, have looked to make a quick buck building on land that is just asking for trouble. I live in Whitby, Porirua, and there are several areas that make me scratch my head, for example look at this location: -41.119094455359864, 174.89690532209352 , look at that creek, and look at the house behind it, now look at the hills around it. If the rain that hit north came even vaguely close that place would become a lake.

Originally Posted by vulcannz

There are lots of places in NZ where developers, hand in hand with councils, have looked to make a quick buck building on land that is just asking for trouble. I live in Whitby, Porirua, and there are several areas that make me scratch my head, for example look at this location: -41.119094455359864, 174.89690532209352 , look at that creek, and look at the house behind it, now look at the hills around it. If the rain that hit north came even vaguely close that place would become a lake.

Greetings @vulcannz and all,
The Councils are not always complicit in bad subdivision decisions, sometimes their hand is forced by the Environmental Court. It has also struck me that although Napier was hammered Hastings, about 20 km away, got off lightly. There is planning under way for a new affordable housing area in Napier on low lying land which I would hope the recent floods have scuppered. We will see in time.
Regards Grandpamac.