Infrastructure Survey
While the Epsom Electorate suburbs of Epsom, Mt Eden, Parnell and Remuera were spared the worst of Cyclone Gabrielle, many homes and businesses are still affected by flooding from last month.
I’ve visited dozens of affected homes in recent weeks, and some themes are familiar. Drain maintenance and drain capacity are critical factors. I am worried that the world will move on soon, and areas in need of work will not get it.
Below is a survey designed to record what happened and where, while memories are fresh. I will use this information to lobby the council for attention in specific streets.
Please feel free to share with your neighbourhood group, bodycorp, community Facebook Page, or anyone else who lives near you. The more responses, the more effective this project will be.
This survey is designed to capture:
• Whether you or your neighbours were affected by flooding on Friday 27 or Tuesday 31 January
• The height of water you experienced in each case
• Whether your home has been red or yellow stickered
• Whether you have needed to make an insurance claim
• Whether you are aware of previous issues with the stormwater system in your area and the nature of them
• Whether previous complaints about the stormwater system had been made to council.
My goal is to collate these results and present them to Council and Local Boards so that infrastructure issues in the Epsom Electorate are known and notified. I will not identify any individual without their consent, referring only to streets rather than specific addresses. The survey does, however, ask for your details so my staff or I can contact you if necessary to check or verify any information.
If you could take a moment of your time to complete this survey, I will be very grateful, and I think it will help ensure our community is heard on the specifics.
Once again, the link is below, and the survey should take you 3-5 minutes to complete.
Begin Survey www.surveymonkey.com...
Please reach out to me and my team for any assistance at mpepsom@parliament.govt.nz
Yours sincerely,
David Seymour
MP for Epsom
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
2025: The Year of Puzzling It Out!
There’s a one-story house where everything is yellow.
The walls are yellow, the doors are yellow, and even the furniture is yellow.
What colour are the stairs?
Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.
Want to stop seeing riddles in your newsfeed?
Head here and hover on the Following button on the top right of the page (and it will show Unfollow) and then click it. If it is giving you the option to Follow, then you've successfully unfollowed the Riddles page.
We're talking new year resolutions...
Tidying the house before going to bed each night, meditating upon waking or taking the stairs at work.
What’s something quick, or easy, that you started doing that made a major positive change in your life?
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