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UNBELIEVABLE: Tairawhiti - Caught on Camera

Cyclone Gabrielle exposed the risks of forestry slash. New research suggests little has changed

When Cyclone Gabrielle tore through New Zealand’s Tairāwhiti region in 2023, it left behind more than silt and floodwaters.

The Conversation · May 7

Climate change means more landslides in NZ – but new tech can help reduce the risk

Climate change means more landslides in NZ – but new tech can help reduce the risk

Thousands of slips in Tairāwhiti in January. The loss of eight lives in the Bay of Plenty later that month. And, days ago, landslides that damaged homes, forced evacuations and blocked roads across the North Island.

The Conversation · Apr 23

‘Like a tsunami’: the role of forestry waste in New Zealand’s cyclone devastation

‘Like a tsunami’: the role of forestry waste in New Zealand’s cyclone devastation

The pine industry is expanding, but questions are being raised about the potentially destructive role of ‘slash’, the offcuts it leaves behind

The Guardian - AU · Feb 25, 2023

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We planted pine in response to Cyclone Bola – with devastating consequences. It is now time to invest in natives

During Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle the poor management of exotic plantations – primarily pine – has again led to extensive damage in Tairāwhiti. Critical public infrastructure destroyed; highly productive agricultural and horticultural land washed away or buried; houses, fences and sheds knocked over; people’s lives and dreams upended; people dead.

The Conversation · Feb 21, 2023

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