Explainer: Why NZ’s cities need to get ‘spongier’ – and fast

The collaborative Te Ara Awataha project has been opening up a new “greenway” in Northcote – while helping make the Auckland suburb “spongier” in extreme weather events like January 27. Photo / Kainga Ora Following a summer of disastrous deluges, a major new report concludes our cities will need to be “spongier” to meet increasingly extreme weather. Jamie Morton reports.

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