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Milford tops wider Auckland’s flood-risk charts
Milford has more seriously flood-prone properties than any other Auckland suburb, latest council figures reveal. By the end of November, 99 Milford homes had been assessed as meeting the threshold for a council and government buyout offer, more than in any of the high-profile West Auckland
neighbourhoods also badly hit by extreme weather in early 2023. The number of Milford homes in that ‘Category 3’ group – considered to present an intolerable risk to life from flooding – was expected to grow in the weeks before Christmas, the council’s Recovery Office said.
In comparison, assessments in Muriwai, which has the next highest number of Category 3 properties at 69, are largely completed. Henderson, Rānui and Swanson also have many Category 3 homes, but they too are further ahead in the process. To page 2
Grin and bear it!
Season’s greeting... Takapuna Normal Intermediate School students Luna Couto (left) and Chloe MacLeod, (both aged 12), with a giant teddy bear at the Milford shops Christmas event, held the week before Takapuna’s Christmas Festival last Saturday. Carmel College also held a celebration. Pictures, pages 14-15.
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