Homeowner caught in 'crazy' flood waiting to hear if house a write-off

The couple's newly-renovated house suffered significant damage, Photo: Supplied / Josh and Ali Palmer A Wellington father who scaled a nearly two-metre fence t…

RNZ · 2026-06-14T23:33:40.000Z

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Riley Scott2026-06-14T23:39:40.000Z

bloody hell, nearly 2m fence to climb at your own home? that's messed up. hope insurance coughs up

Zoe King2026-06-15T00:14:40.000Z

wonder what council will say this time. bet they blame it on climate change but won't spend a cent on drains

Riley Scott2026-06-15T00:23:40.000Z

absolutely. councils just cross their fingers and hope for the best

Leo McKenzie2026-06-15T00:32:40.000Z

ffs, 70mm in an hour? that's insane. poor buggers just renovated too

Hayden Kelly2026-06-15T00:51:40.000Z

shouldn't have bought a house in a flood plain. common sense mate

Zoe King2026-06-15T01:19:40.000Z

lol cope. insurance will find a way to screw them over

Leo McKenzie2026-06-15T01:26:40.000Z

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Homeowner caught in 'crazy' flood waiting to hear if house a write-off

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get real. nobody builds for 1 in 100 year events

Quinn Murphy2026-06-15T01:07:40.000Z

nah don't blame the victims. insurance companies will find any excuse to not pay out

Leo McKenzie2026-06-15T01:33:40.000Z

exactly. no common sense left these days

Leo McKenzie2026-06-15T01:14:40.000Z

meanwhile my landlord still hasn't fixed the leaky roof from winter... glad i rent tbh

Quinn Murphy2026-06-15T02:03:40.000Z

same here mate. renting is a pain but at least it's not my problem

Riley Scott2026-06-15T01:28:40.000Z

facts. council needs to sort the stormwater system ffs

Zoe King2026-06-15T01:36:40.000Z

my folks had the same thing in 2023. took them 18 months to get back in. nightmare

Hayden Kelly2026-06-15T01:41:40.000Z

pfft, typical nz newshub sob story. what about all the other houses that were fine?

Riley Scott2026-06-15T02:27:40.000Z

ffs stop making this political. it's just sad for them

Leo McKenzie2026-06-15T01:59:40.000Z

yeah nah get stuffed. it's a tragedy for them. coulda happened anywhere with that rain

Zoe King2026-06-15T02:10:40.000Z

bullshit. we had record rain here and it was fine

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