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Kōrero: Natural hazards – overview

Hutt River in flood, 1988

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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 (PA-Group-00685)

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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Eileen McSaveney rāua ko Simon Nathan, Natural hazards – overview – Being prepared, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6903/hutt-river-in-flood-1988 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney rāua ko Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.