What you need to know when cleaning up flood damage on your rural property.
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Contaminated land and natural hazards
Last updated: 13 May 2026
Reporting frequency: Quarterly
Core service: Community Preparedness and Response to Hazards
We provide the community with the most up-to-date information on contaminated land and natural hazards in our region so they can make informed choices about where they work, live and play.
As well as informing the community, this information plays an important role in the development of policy, land use planning and emergency management planning.
How are we tracking on our service measures?
Service measure 23: Percentage of natural hazards advice requests responded to within 10 working days
Target: 90% or more
How are we doing: 97% - 529 of the 546 information requests received to the end of quarter three
On track
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We provide the public and territorial authorities with hazards advice on coastal, geological and flooding hazards in a timely way.
Land Information Requests include details of wells, resource consents, natural hazards and contaminated land impacting a specific parcel of land.
Flood Hazard Assessments are site-specific flooding assessments which are used as part of property transactions, subdivisions, valuations, insurance, resource consent applications and plan changes.
A fee is charged for producing these reports.