A Wanganui group's idea for disaster-recovery logistics has been recognised on the international stage.
In July, Wanganui was one of six New Zealand cities hosting the 46-hour data competition, GovHack, where teams came up with new ways to present government data for various outlets such as smartphone applications and websites.
Wanganui's River Hacktivists were named runners-up in the international disaster-mitigation category at an awards night in Sydney.
The team, which was Richard Collins, Donald Gordon, Steven Johnson and Simon Hielberi, came up with their Community Response idea at the Wanganui GovHack competition which was held two weeks after the June flood.
They found there was a need to match up those who could offer help with those that needed it. They developed a smartphone app which took people's details and matched them.