Matata residents are weighing their options, after local councils and central government offered to buy properties in a dangerous debris flow zone at a market rate.
The decision comes 14 years after 27 homes were destroyed when torrential rain washed logs, boulders and other debris down a flooded river.
Two residents from Matata, Wayne Irwin and Rachel Whalley, speak to Corin Dann about the decision they are facing.
