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Kāinga Ora, formerly Housing New Zealand, says it has changed the way it assesses flood risks in the wake of a 2020 report which found more than 15 percent of its social housing , that's 10 thousand properties, are on flood prone land.
The report, produced by NIWA, also revealed 16 percent of the agency's planned developments are set to be built in flood zones.
Mark Fraser, Kāinga Ora's general manager, urban development and delivery spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.