Judy Gill: When Tree Removal Becomes Risk

Hawke’s Bay, Mauao, and the Consequences of Substituting Ideology for Environmental Science

Introduction

Natural disasters do not begin with storms alone.

They begin with decisions made years earlier — decisions about land use, vegetation, risk tolerance, and which knowledge systems are permitted to guide public policy.

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Does the Government need to take over the Mt Maunganui landslide inquiry?

Right, it seems there’s a very good chance that Tauranga City Council is going to have the inquiry they’ve launched taken off them and run by the Government instead.

The Government hasn’t actually said those words out loud just yet. What they have said is that there is a strong case for a Government inquiry.