What happens when your home becomes “unviable”? When authorities decide—pre-emptively—that your coastal community is too risky to save?
“Managed Retreat” sounds voluntary. But as this gripping documentary reveals, it’s often anything but.

Award-winning filmmaker Alistair Harding pulls back the curtain on one of the most controversial and consequential issues facing New Zealand today. Through powerful interviews and on-the-ground stories, Managed Out explores how government policy, extreme climate modelling, and insurance retreat are quietly reshaping where—and if—New Zealanders can live.

From the battle-worn streets of Matatā to the coastal towns quietly marked for retreat, this is a story of land, loss, control, and the very definition of home.

Will your community be next?
Watch now to understand the real stakes behind “Managed Retreat”—before it arrives on your doorstep.