Donald’s and Abbots Creeks Flood Hazard Modelling Project
Flooding impacts more people, more often than any other natural hazard in Greater Wellington Region. This is likely to increase in the future due to climate change, so understanding flood risk is more important than ever. One of the ways to do this is by working with communities to understand flood risk so we can help minimise the effects on people, business, and critical infrastructure.
Flooding in Featherston
Greater Wellington is working to understand the risk to Featherston of flooding from Donald’s and Abbots Creeks.
In 2023 we began the first stages of talking to the community about their experiences of flooding from Donald’s and Abbots Creeks. This helped us gather information to inform our flood hazard modelling. By using data such as rainfall patterns and climate change scenarios, the models generate maps of where flooding may occur in the catchment area in the future.
We’re now at the calibration stage where we test whether what our model has produced is accurate and represents what you remember in a significant recent flood event.
Get in touch
- Phone:
- 0800 496 734
- Email:
- info@gw.govt.nz