Piles 1.5m high are nearly as high as a worker on this site for two new Kāinga Ora homes in Westport. The home that used to occupy this site was demolished after being inundated in the 2021 floods. The new floor heights are a council requirement Photo: Raquel Joseph/Westport News.
Lee looks at how West Coast health services are continuing to struggle - with Coasters recently discovering they can no longer have surgery there for broken bones.
It's two years since the disastrous 2021 floods - yet no physical work has begun on promised floodwalls and questions are being asked about how much of the $100m central government funding has been spent on consultants.
