Sea walls, raised homes and managed retreat are some of the options the government has put forward for those most likely to lose their homes due to climate change.
A proposal for government-run flood insurance is also on the cards.
But the 200-page National Adaptation plan has no answers for who will foot the bill to adapt to climate change; and how to fairly require people to leave their homes.
Wellington's South Coast communities have come together to pursue concrete action on adaptation called Coastal Communities and Climate Change, or 4C.
4C representative Eugene Doyle spoke to Guyon Espiner.
