Submit Your Photos from the 15 and 16 February Flood Events

It has been a tough couple of days for our region, with heavy rain and strong winds closing schools, cutting power, and bringing down trees and debris. Emergency crews are working hard to restore connections and support our communities, including our own Greater Wellington kaimahi.

Another important part of emergency management is improving the flood hazard models we use to understand flood risk and prepare for future events. We are gathering photos now so we have good quality information available for future modelling projects when they come up in our programme. Your images from the recent flooding are a big help to us and will support that long‑term work across the region.

You can share your photos using the map tool below, or email them to us.

If you choose to email your photos to floods@gw.govt.nz, please include:

• The date the photo was taken
• The time the photo was taken
• The street address or specific location
• The direction the photo was taken from

Photos from anywhere in the region are welcome, and images from the lower Wairarapa Valley, Wainuiomata and Waiwhetū are especially helpful as these areas experienced significant flooding.

Thank you for helping us strengthen the region’s flood resilience.