Rapid Flood Zones in Auckland
Floodplains 2009
"1-2-3-Fixin'-To-Flood Rag"
Now
come on all you working men
Your Council has rezoned land again
Way down yonder where the mangroves grow
A real good place for your house to go
So put down your cash and take out a loan
Get a brand new house of your own.
Well, come on bankers let's move fast
Your big chance has come at last
These poor suckers don't want to rent
Lend them half a million at one per cent
An' when they're up to their necks an' kin hardly survive
You can raise your rate up to five!
Now c'mon Wayne Brown
Don't be so slow
Now is the time to go-go-go
There's plenty good money that we've all retained
Supplin' the suckers with the swamps that we drained
I just hope and pray when the rain comes down
You're the last of us still in town
Your Council has rezoned land again
Way down yonder where the mangroves grow
A real good place for your house to go
So put down your cash and take out a loan
Get a brand new house of your own.
And
it's 1-2-3, what are we working for?
Don't ask me, I've worked all week
Floggin' land along Mangrove Creek
And it's 5-6-7, the heavens have opened today
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! They're all gonna' float away.
Don't ask me, I've worked all week
Floggin' land along Mangrove Creek
And it's 5-6-7, the heavens have opened today
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! They're all gonna' float away.
Well, come on bankers let's move fast
Your big chance has come at last
These poor suckers don't want to rent
Lend them half a million at one per cent
An' when they're up to their necks an' kin hardly survive
You can raise your rate up to five!
And
it's 1-2-3, what are we working for?
Don't ask me, I had to work late
Floggin' prefabs in Mangrove Estate
And it's 5-6-7, the heavens have opened today
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! They're all gonna' float away.
Don't ask me, I had to work late
Floggin' prefabs in Mangrove Estate
And it's 5-6-7, the heavens have opened today
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! They're all gonna' float away.
Now c'mon Wayne Brown
Don't be so slow
Now is the time to go-go-go
There's plenty good money that we've all retained
Supplin' the suckers with the swamps that we drained
I just hope and pray when the rain comes down
You're the last of us still in town
And
it's 1-2-3, what are we working for?
Don't ask me, I had to work nights
Floggin' villas on Mangrove Heights
And it's 5-6-7, the heavens have opened today
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! They're all gonna' float away.
Don't ask me, I had to work nights
Floggin' villas on Mangrove Heights
And it's 5-6-7, the heavens have opened today
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! They're all gonna' float away.
The Auckland Regional Council drew up a map of all its
flood-prone zones in 2009,
so this land would get extra drains and not be built on. But dodgy land developers made
huge efforts to have that ruling changed.
so this land would get extra drains and not be built on. But dodgy land developers made
huge efforts to have that ruling changed.
