Ben Bergin says finding a new home in Auckland is like competing in The Hunger Games. He is among thousands desperate to find somewhere to live in the city.
Detective Senior Sergeant Sally Patrick, Hastings senior response manager, arrived at work in gumboots after a stormy night at home - trees down, power out, surface water, intermittent cell coverage and only some phones working resulting in communications via Police radio.
Twelve people, including a baby, plus two dogs and cats on the house roof; four people and a dog on the shed roof; horses, dogs and livestock requiring assistance to high ground. This eight-hour Noah’s ark scenario was Senior Constable Karen Eivers’ horrifying experience of Cyclone Gabrielle.
