Story: Natural hazards – overview
Children make their way through flood water in a Stokes Valley neighbourhood (north of Wellington city) on 13 March 1990. Floods like this have a devastating effect if water enters houses. People need to be evacuated and possessions have to be replaced.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1990/0942/4
Photograph by Phil Reid
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
