High water : floods in New Zealand / Graham Hutchins
- Bib ID:
- 3706026
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hutchins, Graham
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Wellington, N.Z. : Grantham House, 2006
- 112 p. : ill., port. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1869340957
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1. Land on the move - Te Rapa, 1846; Abbotsford, 1979 13
- 2. Secret groynes and skullduggery - Blenheim, 1861-1983 15
- 3. "The Old Man Flood" - Central Otago, 1863 19
- 4. The Great Wall of Greymouth - Greymouth, 1867-1988 23
- 5. Civilising the Waimakariri - Christchurch, 1868 29
- 6. When the Clutha changed course - Otago, 1878 33
- 7. "The New Zealand Death" - Wairarapa, 1881-1947 37
- 8. The demon rivers - Clive, Hawkes Bay, 1897 41
- 9. The benchmark flood - Wanganui, 1904 45
- 10. A hair-raising ride - Waikato River, 1907 49
- 11. Beyond the isthmus - Auckland and Northland, 1917, 1920,1934, 1981 51
- 12. Out of a cold black night - Kopuawhara, 1938 53
- 13. Out of a clear blue ocean - The East Coast tsunami, 1947 56
- 14. The freak flood - Tangiwai, 1953 61
- 15. End of the golden weather - North Island, 1958 63
- 16. Long night out - Wellington, 1976 71
- 17. Black Friday floods - Otago and Southland, 1978 75
- 18. Days of devastation - Thames and district, 1981 and 1985 81
- 19. The 1000-year flood - Southland, 1984 85
- 20. Tropical maelstrom - Cyclone Bola, East Coast and Gisborne, 1988 91
- 21. "We prayed for rain but this is ridiculous" - Lower North Island, 2004 95
- 22. Floods, mud and earthquakes - Eastern Bay of Plenty, 2004 99
- 23. Postscript - Unusual and different weather 105
- Chronology of Major Floods 107.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 109) and index.
- Subject:
- Floods -- New Zealand -- History
- Also Titled:
- Floods in New Zealand
- Copyright:
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