23 Mar 2023

Weather-affected homeowners in limbo for longer

From Morning Report, 8:41 am on 23 March 2023

People waiting to find out if their land will be built on again after properties were destroyed in the Auckland Floods or by Cyclone Gabrielle will be in limbo for a little longer.

The government says it'll have the information it needs on high-risk areas from insurers and councils in three weeks - and then it can start deciding whether to rebuild, ditch or something in between.

Reporter Lauren Crimp spoke to Hawke's Bay locals waiting to hear the fate of their whenua.