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Fourteen red stickered houses are still off limits, but people are allowed to start cleaning up the more than 200 homes that the flooded Rangitāiki River poured through almost two weeks ago.

The clean up in Edgecumbe after the April 2017 flood. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

Up to 30 skips are being filled and emptied twice a day. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

Fourteen red stickered houses are still off limits. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

More than 200 people were bussed in each day over the weekend to help with the clean up. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

German couple David Lailach and Maike Kohler are among those who came to help. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

The clean up in Edgecumbe after the April 2017 flood. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

Fourteen red stickered houses are still off limits. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

The aftermath of the April 2017 flood in Edgecumbe. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

The aftermath of the April 2017 flood in Edgecumbe. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

The aftermath of the April 2017 flood in Edgecumbe. Photo: Tom Furley / RNZ

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Fourteen red stickered houses are still off limits, but people are allowed to start cleaning up the more than 200 homes that the flooded Rangitāiki River poured through almost two weeks ago.