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Zimbabweans in New Zealand are worried and fearful for their family and friends living back home.
Mounting political violence within the nation has led to many people fearing for their lives as Robert Mugabe's violent reign looks set to continue.
Driden Kunaka left Zimbabwe three years ago and is now enjoying a life without fear - but still worries about his family in Africa.
"You're wondering whether they are alive. Every day you're wondering whether they have had their meals.
"People are scared and angry because the conditions in Zimbabwe at the moment are bad," he said.
Mr Kunaka worked for the opposition political party - the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - before he left for New Zealand with his wife and children.
He said anyone who was not a supporter of Mr Mugabe was in danger.
"Those who were known or suspected to support MDC or anyone who is not for the JOC [Mugabe's Joint Operations Command] was in danger.
"Government can get people taken away in broad daylight and they can be found dead at night.
"They will set up road blocks and ask you.
"If found, it would depend on the mood of the people who came - whether they will kill you, or just torture them or whatever they're feeling like," Mr Kunaka said.
A woman who left Zimbabwe in search of a better life has been living in New Zealand with her husband for two years. The woman - who wished to be known only as Vimbayi - said it was good to be away from the trouble in her homeland, but it had been hard knowing her family were there.
"The quality of life is different without friends and family. We have everything we need here - the material things - but I'm really homesick.
"Just knowing that it could be your family. Just because you haven't experienced it doesn't mean it won't happen to you."
Vimbayi says she has sisters and other extended family in Zimbabwe. She maintains regular contact.
She says besides the violence, the main concern for many people in Zimbabwe is whether they will survive to the next day.
"When I talk to my sisters, their focus has been on getting by. For a lot of people they're just trying to survive.
"It's not just the violence but it's the economic situation. A lot of people are concerned with food - for those people who are living in the violence crisis, there's the economy [too] - it's a double whammy," she said.
Shupayi Mpunga, a mother of two who has been living in Christchurch for nearly four years, says she would love to see her family get out of Zimbabwe, but it is very difficult.
"I have a sister and a brother, aunts and uncles there.
"The biggest heartache is my sister's son - all the teachers are always on strike and I so want to adopt him because I'd like for him to get the same opportunities that my children now have."
Ms Mpunga belongs to the Friends of Zimbabwe Foundation which links Zimbabwean women here with those in their homeland - sending money to those in Zimbabwe.
She said: "I have hope for my country. I think we've suffered enough."
