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Ōwhiro Bay resident Ewan Pohe is frustrated that the council have not acted on residents concerns about regular flooding issues. Ewan Pohe was busy pumping water out of his downstairs flat entanceway, situated accross the road opposite the ramp. He said the ramping on the beach had exacerbated problems on his stretch of road. “The thing I’m interested in is why they haven’t put in a [seabreak] wall,” Pohe said. The plywood barricade he installed was the only thing that limited damage to a broken ranch slider, window and some minor water inside. “If I didn’t do that, it would have been much worse,” he said.
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Resident Ewan Pohe said it was only a plywood barricade he put over the window of his downstairs flat that meant damage from a wave blast was limited to a broken ranch slider door and a small amount of water inside. Mo Blishen was on her way to work when a wave crashed over the road at Ōwhiro Bay, knocking her to the ground.
Kevin Stent/Stuff She managed to get to the safety of a fence top as the wave subsided. MetService meteorologist Amy Rossiter said while waves averaging between 5 metres and 6m were being recorded at 9.30am, a wave of 15m was recorded at a buoy at the harbour mouth at 8.30pm on Tuesday.