The man who died after his home was hit by a landslip on Friday evening in Remuera during the height of the Auckland floods was Dave Lennard.
He is being remembered as a respected mechanical expert and long-time volunteer at the city’s Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Emergency services rushed about 7.30pm to his home in Shore Rd after it was hit by a slip in the middle of a torrential downpour in which 180mm of rain fell in four hours - three Januaries worth.
![The home in Shore Rd Remuera on Saturday, two days after it was destoryed by a landslide during the flood. Photo / Alex Burton](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FZX76QLJ3BEXBDS7XQYQ3JUXGY.jpg?auth=3e8b62ca9e244d3916331102774fc5096ed5d090c038348aff8687d150ae6653&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The Herald understands Lennard’s son, who was also in the house at the time, managed to escape despite being initially trapped by one of his legs.