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Residents of small communities are wondering whether there are better ways to empower them to clear up after storms.
In several storm-hit areas, councils asked residents to leave slip clearing on public land and roads to emergency services or council contractors for safety and asset management reasons.
But this could mean long waits for pockets of residents with low priority slips, and communities often take action regardless.
'Auntie Trish', of Εtetao Reti Marae in Northland, was stuck when the extreme weat
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