The Detail heads to Matatā to find out how New Zealand's first managed retreat was handled - and what lessons can be learned as communities around the country grapple with the impacts of climate change.
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A massive landslide swamped part of the Bay of Plenty town of Matatā in 2005. Seventeen years on, the managed retreat process is finally coming to an end.
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