A Hawke's Bay principal is crying out for more support as the psychological trauma of Cyclone Gabrielle continues to drain staff and students.
Nuhaka school, north of Wairoa, was flooded twice last year and is still operating out of its temporary site, a chapel.
Principal Raelene McFarlane says both staff and students are still exhausted after last year and the support of teacher aides has been critical.
It comes as the primary principals' union, NZEI, have released a report saying teachers and principals remain overworked and unsupported in the aftermath of the cyclone.
It recommends that extra funding for the region's primary schools be reinstated for at least another 12 months.
McFarlane spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
