[3] Makara Stream's estuary is described by Wellington City Council as "an important native ecosystem and is gradually being restored by the Makaracarpas, a local environmental group.

The following year, a plan was announced to protect the village from future weather events due to climate change.

The plan's recommendations included raising the beach's crest level, constructing a sea wall, clearing gravel from the stream's mouth, and reinforcing its bank.

[9][5] During the national COVID lockdown in April 2020, residents erected a barricade and signs to keep visitors from the rest of Wellington out.

While one resident said, "All we're doing is what the police are doing...telling people to go home", a lawyer told media that the public could not block roads and this could be a criminal offence.