20 Mar 2026

Auckland resident questions flood mapping

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 20 March 2026

A Glendowie resident disputes her property is flood prone despite it being designated as such on Auckland Council's online maps. 

Stephanie Burgess noticed part of her property was designated 'flood prone' on an Auckland council flood map that is made publicly available. 

She says she has had no experience of flooding in nearly 30 years living there.

She says the techniques used to gather the data are broad brush, not reflecting an individual property's attributes in its potential to flood. 

She is getting her own consultants to assess the property and wants the council to incorporate that data into the public flood maps.

Kathryn speaks to Stephanie, as well as Nick Vigar - head of planning networks at Auckland Council.  

The darker blue represents land on a 'flood plain' where as the area shaded with lighter blue lines shows the area designated 'flood prone'.

Photo: Auckland Council's flood viewer