Hawke’s Bay mum-of-two Amy Bowkett is still overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness of her Puketapu neighbours in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Amy, 44, her husband Richard, 50, and their nine-year-old daughter Celia took refuge at their neighbours Nick and Sheena McCann’s house when their home in the 39 Degrees South subdivision was lifted off its foundations by flood waters.
“We’d been nearly from her mother’s home in Napier. “At that stage, we didn’t know about the Tu¯ taekuri River that was about to break at the banks.
