8 Sep 2021

Papatoetoe tornado: Months on, many properties still a mess

From Checkpoint, 5:45 pm on 8 September 2021

Nearly four months since June's deadly tornado ripped through the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe many properties still resemble bombsites.

Now Auckland's prolonged level 4 lockdown is causing further upheaval for residents desperate to get their battered houses repaired.

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro returned to Papatoetoe.