As Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on Gisborne, residents braced not only for flooding but also the inevitable wave after wave of dangerous and destructive tree slash.

The littering of branches and logs - offcuts from the forestry industry - has been a long-standing thorn in the side of the region where one in four jobs are reliant on forestry 

Climate Stigma is an agency that assesses the impact of climate change on property value and says we need to have the difficult conversation about whether harvesting forestry is feasible in Tairawhiti.

Managing director Belinda Storey joins us now.

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