Every little bit helps. That's the thinking behind the kind efforts of Mangaweka's Irene Loder who rallied her local communities to help out those affected by flooding in Edgecumbe.
Almost the entire town of 1600 people was evacuated after the Rangitāiki River burst its banks in early April.
About 70 percent of homes in the town were flooded, and more than a quarter were yellow-stickered.
Many residents are now working to dry out and decontaminate homes, and some were looking to deal with their insurers, while others were deciding to forgo the town altogether.
Ms Loder said it was "a no brainer" to try and help after she saw the devastation on television.