The Government will in the coming month decide which areas devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle will be deemed “high-risk” and possibly not rebuilt on, Grant Robertson says.
The cyclone recovery minister visited Omahu Marae in Hawke’s Bay on Wednesday, more than a month after Cyclone Gabrielle swept across the region, causing extensive flooding damage.
In a statement, Robertson said the Government’s cyclone recovery taskforce was working with insurance companies to determine the “high-risk areas” and “what this means for re-building” in the coming week.
“We are making good progress, with the insurance sector agreeing to provide the taskforce with a consolidated view of the areas they have identified as high-risk within the next week. This will then be overlaid with the risk assessments that local councils are carrying out,” Robertson said.
