Building flood banks in Invercargill, where the Otepuni Stream flowed was challenging, he added. Sections of road on Conon St and Ythan St that went over the stream, had to be lifted and widened to allow for flood protection work. Private land was bought to build flood banks on. New flood protection was needed in Invercargill after flooding in January 1984, forced 5000 to leave their homes. After the flood banks were built, Wilson supported the idea to install a track for walkers, runners and cyclists on flood banks in Invercargill. The flood banks vary in height from one metre to two and a half metres, but the width is three and a half metres.
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Norske Skog s Tasman mill in Kawerau.
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Freshwater campaigner Tiipene Marr, of Ngāti Rangitihi, said owner Norske Skog should have to produce an environmental audit before it leaves.
The Norwegian company said it was aware of the environmental matters, and would meet all its obligations.
Marr and his family used to call the river the black drain - now they call it the brown drain . The whole Tasman site is totally contaminated, Marr said. It s been running for 66 years, polluting our river and polluting our people.
Marr said in the past workers got sick from exposure to Tasman mill contaminants, and he said he watched as diggers buried chlorine-contaminated sludge in nearby forests.