Who will compensate flood & cyclone-affected Auckland residents?

The country's biggest council says it's not going to compensate home owners whose homes were devastated in the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. Affected homeowners are now setting their sights on the government's Cyclone Gabrielle Recovery Taskforce and next week's budget for support. In Auckland, almost 600 homes were red-stickered, 357 due to the January floods, and 227 due to Cyclone Gabrielle. Even more were yellowed stickered; 1943 homes were yellow-stickered after the floods, and 335 after the cyclone, according to data from MBIE. Morgan Allen is the spokesperson for the group West Auckland is Flooding, which has been calling for urgent managed retreats after the floods. His Massey home flooded during the January 27 floods, and is now yellow-stickered. Clare Bradley has a home on Domain Crescent in Muriwai, a road that has been badly impacted by slips, and also a business - the Muriwai Lodge on Motutara Rd. Both are red stickered.