Kōrero: Natural hazards – overview

Hutt River in flood, 1988 (2 o 2)

Hutt River in flood, 1988

This photograph of the Hutt River shows that the area within the stopbanks flooded, but the surrounding urban area was protected.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1994/3556/30

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Eileen McSaveney and Simon Nathan, 'Natural hazards – overview - Being prepared', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6903/hutt-river-in-flood-1988 (accessed 21 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney and Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006