Waimakariri Flood
Sir,—There can be few who, today, do not know of the cloudburst which flooded the Waimakariri River on February 3, 1868. The details in this morning’s article cannot help but put sadness and a degree of scorn into the heart and mind, on behalf of our human weaknesses, in that those tragic results could have been prevented had the predictions of experts been heeded and preventive action taken. Of greater concern is the fact that today we still have not learnt nature’s lesson, although we have, in New Zealand, notable experts in the field of conservation, pointing out to the people and the Government the need for planting sufficient trees to prevent the erosion of the soil into the rivers and to keep the banks of streams moist and soft and so prevent further floods.—Yours, etc., TIME TO LISTEN. February 3, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31596, 6 February 1968, Page 12
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