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A week after commissioners decided the fate of Awatarariki residents, Whakatāne District Council has reflected on what it has learned from the saga.
In May 2005 a torrential downpour washed boulders, logs and other debris down the flooded Awatarariki Stream, destroying 27 homes.
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Councillors received a report on the decision at an extraordinary council meeting held last Thursday - the first official council meeting to be conducted via Zoom.
Commissioners confirmed the council s position on the danger of future debris flows to residents living on the Awatarariki fanhead at Matatā, and agreed with the appropriateness of the plan changes intended to extinguish resident s existing use rights.