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Slash: Why It Floods Wood on New Zealand's East Coast

John Campbell Investigates

Season 1Episode 4Aired 2024-05-25
Slash: Why It Floods Wood on New Zealand's East Coast

Slash: Why It Floods Wood on New Zealand's East Coast

The waste wood left behind by the forestry industry after pine trees have been harvested is called slash. After Cyclone Gabrielle the North Island's East Coast was covered in it. In rivers, on farms, coastlines, piled up outside homes. People are exhausted by it, so what can be done? John Campbell looks into this big, complex issue.