Civil Defence Update from John Gee

<p>Grant Edwards receives briefing from John Gee regarding Auckland floods and Northland civil defence heaby rain warning broadcast this afternoon, Tuesday 31st Jan 2023.</p> <p> </p> <p>Award winning investigative journalist Ian Wishart writes:</p> Not taking anything away from the loss and heartache the Auckland floods have caused, but in the interests of balance Auckland's Kaipara district took a much bigger 356mm (14 inches) deluge in just FIVE HOURS in 1924...99 years ago. "The oldest Maoris have not known such a flood". So is 2023 "unprecedented"? Nope. We have had bigger. <a href='https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19240410.2.99?items_per_page=10&page=15&query=torrential%20auckland%20flood&snippet=true&title=NZH%2CAS%2CDSC&fbclid=IwAR2rboAYMuyVjwHPebeb8qYDEDon7GzzbRI4n2rgMuSpJ2u-Ou6KGIOA6QY'>https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19240410.2.99?items_per_page=10&page=15&query=torrential%20auckland%20flood&snippet=true&title=NZH%2CAS%2CDSC&fbclid=IwAR2rboAYMuyVjwHPebeb8qYDEDon7GzzbRI4n2rgMuSpJ2u-Ou6KGIOA6QY</a> Auckland, 1935... <a href='https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10229962597997391&set=a.10203514286166125'>https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10229962597997391&set=a.10203514286166125</a>