After the country's devasting floods, sponge cities are being floated as a solution to future downpours. The term 'sponge city' is all about uncovering natural streams and using native plants to absorb water - and there's an example of it in central Auckland. Reporter Louise Ternouth and camera operator Marika Khabazi went to check it out. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default default/index.html?videoId=6322065007112
A "sponge city" is all about uncovering natural streams, using native plants to absorb water and moving people aware from some flood prone areas - and some properties in Auckland are already putting the principle into action.