There's trouble brewing at Waihi Beach's Two Mile Creek.
Nearly all of the 35 property owners that have the lionshare of the creek have agreed to gift part of their land to the Western Bay of Plenty District Council - for a concrete channel to stop land erosion.
But Shane Fell isn't happy with how council has handled the project.
"We were offered a large amount of money for our property roughly around four or five years ago. We turned it down, for a number of reasons, one of which is that we believe everybody should be entitled to compensation for their property," says Mr Fell.
The council says environmental issues are to blame and that compensation is unlikely - despite the offer presented to Mr Fell in recent years.
"Most of the other property owners have seen sense in actually getting a solution that protects their property from further erosion. Council gets its money from ratepayers, so if we were to pay everybody out, then its actually the people technically paying for it," says council spokesman Kelvin Hill.