Friends of the Kaitaia woman who narrowly escaped death when a falling tree crushed her home are appealing for help to replace her wrecked furniture.
Ivy Cramond was sitting in her La-Z-Boy last Tuesday afternoon when a macrocarpa toppled by the wind pinned her between her the chair and the collapsed roof.
Kaitaia Fire Brigade volunteers used hydraulic lifting equipment to free her.
She suffered serious bruising but no broken bones. The top of her chair took the weight of the falling roof beam.
The 58-year-old was left homeless and was yesterday still in Kaitaia Hospital.