People staying at West Auckland’s flood evacuation centre have to be moved on Friday to make way for the school term.<\/p>\n
St Leonards Road School in Kelston has been home to dozens of people since Friday night – as well as three dogs, two birds and a cat.<\/p>\n
For many, returning to their trashed homes is not an option and they were wondering – where to next?<\/p>\n
A M\u0101ngere woman who had been sleeping in the school hall since Saturday said there was a lot of snoring but otherwise it was comfortable.<\/p>\n
When her son was sick on Tuesday night they were moved to their own classroom and she was grateful.<\/p>\n
Her family had been home, organised a skip and cleared out the rubbish but realised they would not be able to stay there.<\/p>\n
Those on the ground were very kind but the bureaucracy was very slow when it came to finding somewhere more permanent, she said.<\/p>\n
They were sent to one hotel but arrived to find it couldn’t fit them all – so had to come back.<\/p>\n
“Who has time to wait, the kids have got to go to school soon and we need to get back to … us,” she said.<\/p>\n
“All we want is somewhere stable, even if it’s a week or two.”<\/p>\n
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