First published MAR 7, 2023 Updated 59 minutes ago Newsroom As the North Island reels from last month's floods, a South Island council and hotel owner are at loggerheads over a deluge seven years ago Scenic Circle Hotel Group has hit back at allegations by the West Coast Regional Council that's it's jeopardising the town of Franz Josef by holding up consents for new floodwalls. Part of Scenic Circle's Franz Josef hotel was ruined in the 2016 Waiho (Waiau) River floods and the company has been consulted as an affected party in the council's plan to improve the stopbanks.

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