New base, more expense

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Opinion

So Civil Defence is looking for new headquarters less than four years after the council offices demolition and new buiId.

I pointed out the vulnerabilities of the council site, even before the previous building was demolished.

I spoke of the risk of the council offices and civil defence base being compromised by tsunami, earthquake, flooding, liquefaction and so on.

These concerns drew no satisfactory response, yet here we are with ratepayers facing more expense for a new base at Lytton West.

Where is the forward thinking around here?

And will anyone ever consider what we do in the event of the town and airport being badly damaged?

Do we have the ability to set up a tent city somewhere? Do we have an emergency airfield? Or do we just rely on central government to bail us out — as always.

Roger Handford