This report by Beca Ltd highlights risks to people and existing property to natural hazard events.

Three reports by Damwatch Engineering Ltd focus on how to manage three areas where floodplain hazards – flooding or erosion – may impact on the community or infrastructure in the head of Lake Wakatipu area.

Three reports by Damwatch Engineering Ltd focus on how to manage three areas where floodplain hazards – flooding or erosion – may impact on the community or infrastructure in the head of Lake Wakatipu area

An investigation by Land River Sea Consulting assessed the flood hazard of the Buckler Burn.

Community presentations, video, and links 

The geotechnical investigation, completed by Tonkin + Taylor Ltd (T+T), assessed the vulnerability of the township area to liquefaction and lateral spreading caused by a moderate to major earthquake, and the anticipated impacts of these hazards.  

Independent experts peer-reviewed the report:

Land River Sea Consulting Ltd (LRS) assessed the flood hazard to the Dart-Rees floodplain and Glenorchy from the Dart and Rees Rivers, and high levels in Lake Wakatipu. Read the findings below.  

This report was peer reviewed by independent experts, and review comments have been addressed in the finalised reports.  

A new assessment by Tonkin + Taylor Ltd, completed in February 2023, focusses on assessment of possible engineered hazard mitigation or management approaches for liquefaction and lateral spreading in Glenorchy township.

It identifies a range of engineering mitigation techniques for liquefaction and lateral spreading that could be considered for use on land, buildings and infrastructure. These techniques considered range from very robust options through to “do nothing” or smaller-scale interventions.

The report then shows how these techniques could be applied across the township, and provides a preliminary high-level assessment of how effective these mitigation works could be in reducing damage, and an indicative relative cost comparison.

Tonkin + Taylor report: Engineering Approaches for Managing Liquefaction-Related Risk

The report by Damwatch Engineering Ltd focuses on management of three areas where floodplain hazards - flooding or erosion – may impact on the community or infrastructure in the head of Lake Wakatipu area;

1. The lower Rees River and Glenorchy township
2. The Dart floodplain and Kinloch access
3. The Rees floodplain and the Rees bridge

Floodplain hazard management report

The report identifies a range of potential hazard management interventions, and reviews the key benefits and constraints of those approaches.

These report does not give decisions or recommendations for a specific action. It is an information resource to help inform both the councils and the community as we together work to decide how to respond to these natural hazard challenges.

For each of the focus areas, the report includes tables discussing the engineering or river management interventions identified as possible approaches for management of floodplain hazards.

These assessments also included reviewing river management and engineered suggestions by community members as possible approaches for managing the flood hazard in the Rees River, Dart River and Glenorchy area.

They key report findings are presented as Tables 4.1, 5.1 and 6.1 of the Damwatch report. Each of these tables provides a summary of the potential intervention approach, and lists the key constraints which may be challenges in implementing that type of intervention.

Here is just one example.

Example extract from Table 4.1 of the Damwatch report to show how assessment findings are laid out.