2 Jul 2025

Tasman residents voice frustration at flood response

From Checkpoint, 5:17 pm on 2 July 2025

Residents voiced their frustration at the official response to last week's flooding at public meetings held in the Tasman district today, as the region preps for more heavy rain due to start falling overnight. Many felt the council could have done more to keep rivers and culverts clear, and decried the ongoing telecommunications blackouts in some areas. It meant some residents took matters into their own hands. Keiller MacDuff reports.