The early estimates of loss and homelessness due to Cyclone Gabrielle suggested that more than 10,000 people were displaced - we don't have an update on that figure.
But Housing Minister Megan Woods said it's the most significant emergency housing operation New Zealand has ever had.
Do we have enough options? One researcher has made the case for flat pack emergency housing.
Kristina Orr is a postgraduate student in Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington, she talks to Jesse.
Emma Tuck's Dartmoor Road home in Puketapu. Photo: RNZ / Nick Munro
