An article in Build Magazine details local sea-level rise data.
Sea-level rise is affecting our coastlines and will have an increasing impact on where and how we build. The recent release of national sea-level rise maps will play an important role in decisions that will have to be made.
Insurance industry data shows that damaging flood events in Aotearoa New Zealand have increased since the late 20th century. Many of us living near the coast are fully aware of this shift having experienced waves crashing high over seawalls, seawater flooding houses and rocks flung across key access roads.