120417gn08bop.JPGA slip threatens to sweep away a garden shed and creeps closer to a nearby house. 120417gn08bop.JPG
Thursday's heavy rain has increased the size of some large slips threatening homes in Omokoroa.
Kowhai Grove couple Jody Sawyers and her partner Rhys Bradford packed up and moved to a motel on Thursday after an estimated 5000cu m of soil slipped away last Friday.
Their large viewing platform and a set of steps which used to zig-zag down to the beach ended up about 20m down on top of a massive pile of mud.
Ms Sawyers told the Bay of Plenty Times yesterday, which since the first slip, they had lost "quite a bit more" of their back section and the slip area was always "moving".
"On Thursday afternoon during the torrential downpour, we watched another large portion of our fence area, including the palm trees we had lovely planted go. Plus earlier today another big chunk went," she said.