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Pattrick Smellie: BusinessDesk managing editor says plan for red-stickered homes after Cyclone Gabrielle will be template for managed retreat

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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