3 Sep 2018

Marlborough Sounds valleys drown further after quake

From Morning Report, 8:50 am on 3 September 2018

The drowned valleys of the Marlborough Sounds drowned a little more in the Kaikoura earthquake.

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Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

GPS monitoring shows some parts of the sounds dropped by up to three centimetres in the 2016 quake. That fits with what locals have already been noticing - they're seeing spring tides that are slightly higher, and wharves and jetties now lower in the sea.

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Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

Our Nelson Marlborough reporter Tracy Neal takes a look at what's going on.