Months on from Cyclone Gabrielle, no-one is willing to discuss a course of action for all the red-stickered homes.
An expert from BusinessDesk is suggesting these affected homeowners could be the 'canary in the mine' for the future of long-term managed retreat.
BusinessDesk managing editor Pattrick Smellie says whatever ends up happening to the affected residents will become a template for the future- but no-one has offered up a solution.
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