Moeraki residents are being asked to help develop a plan to stabilise land in their community.
The Waitaki District Council has invited all Moeraki property owners to a forum in the Moeraki Hall on the afternoon of September 7, to gather information on what is causing land to slip.
The council would then develop a works programme aimed at improving land stability.
Problems with stability have existed since the 1800s.
Late last year, more than 70 Moeraki properties, including building sections, were placed in a natural-hazard red zone because of erosion and land subsidence, which has upset residents and affected property sales.
A draft red zone showing properties where a natural hazard existed had been identified in a report by geotechnical consultants Tonkin and Taylor and the Earthquake Commission.
Tonkin and Taylor prepared a high-level hazard assessment, which is available on the council's website.
Council chief executive Michael Ross said in a letter to residents about next month's forum that little work had been undertaken on broader stormwater and land-stability issues.
"The next step is to gather whatever information the community already has or knows about existing stormwater drains, underground springs, wells and even where stormwater collected on properties drains to," he said.
Council staff at the forum from 3pm-5.30pm would speak individually with residents and property owners to gather information. That information would help the council "work out the best way forward for Moeraki", Mr Ross said.
Those who can not attend can contact the council.
