Cyclone Gabrielle and it's Impacts on Housing w/ Maude Loutsch: August 14, 2024

In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, there was widespread damage to homes across affected areas in the North Island, with the housing market across the whole country facing massive subsequent reductions. 

Around 170 homes were deemed unsafe to enter, with almost 5000 others facing other infrastructural damages. 

Oto spoke to Maude Loutsch, a lecturer and PHD candidate in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, to discuss the impacts to housing caused by Cyclone Gabrielle and Aotearoa’s preparedness for housing impacts in the event of natural disasters.