On Auckland's North Shore, a public golf course is fighting council plans to use their course as a floodwater catchment.

The proposal would see 20 hectares of Takapuna Golf Club, which sees more than 500 visitors per day, converted into a wetland.

Under a new proposal by Auckland Council, over half of Takapuna Golf Course, which attracts 200,000 visitors annually, will be converted into wetland to help capture stormwater during extreme ...

Takapuna Golf Course would be affected by a proposal ... Mansell said “a comprehensive range of interventions” were considered, with one of the proposed options involving the golf course.

Takapuna Golf Club spokesperson Stephen Dowd said in ... Partnerships Tom Mansell said in a statement that a wide range of flood mitigation options had been considered. "A comprehensive range ...