As part of this year’s Climate Action Festival theme, Our Place, Our Power, this session looks at what a future of more frequent, more intense flooding means for rural landowners — for property decisions, risk levels, and what to actually do about it.

Alastair Clements, team leader of the Tasman District Council Hazards team, opens with the bigger picture: climate change, flood risk, projections for the future, and other regional hazards facing the catchment. He’ll also cover tools and information TDC has available for getting a better understanding of the hazards that relate to your property.

From there, Abby France, Loss Prevention Manager from FMG Insurance will cover insurance and disaster cover for rural properties, how insurers assess flood-prone land, and practical ways landowners can manage risk and influence their cover.

Rounding out the session, a local landowner will share their own experience of dealing with the floods and their insurance since — what happened, and what they’ve changed on their property as a result.

There will be time for questions after each speaker.

This session is about front-footing the risk — understanding the realities, getting informed, and making good decisions about your cover and your property before the next event, not after it.

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This event is part of Climate Action Festival 2026. See the full program here.