Tairāwhiti looks to stormy future as climate change looms - a podcast by RNZ

Tairāwhiti has had a constant hammering of bad weather - with at least five storms in the past year shutting off roads and cutting off communities.
The area's been hit by serious storms once a month for the past three months.
Studies suggest rain like this in Aotearoa is 15 percent more intense and 20 percent more likely to happen than it was 100 years ago.
Here's Tairāwhiti reporter Tom Kitchin.
 

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