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Flooding and slips in Puhoi closed State Highway 1 in both directions. Photo: Supplied / Waka Kotahi
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has suggested local communities could receive funding from a $20 million storm response fund as a way of improving resilience.
Many smaller communities have been isolated by recent storms, with flooding and landslides cutting them off from larger areas.
As such, help has also been cut off, leaving locals to fend for themselves.
Wayne Brown praised the people of Pūhoi for how they coped during the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods, when they were cut off.
Rodney Local Board Chair Brent Bailey spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.