A normally pristine Hawkes Bay beach is still blanketed with slash following Cyclone Gabrielle, but there's no money to clean the wood debris away.
Waikare Beach, a regional gem, is inundated with bits of logs and waste wood strewn kilometres up and down the beach making access difficult.
A DOC campground at the nearby river mouth is closed until further notice due to flooding and slips damage and the boat ramp is due to be demolished.
The regional Silt Recovery Taskforce says its visited the beach several times and has a clean-up plan but no money for it.
The taskforce's Woody Debris Manager is Jamie Cox and he speaks to Lisa Owen.
