Life in Eskdale has been wracked with uncertainty since the Cyclone Gabrielle floods - but the school community has rallied together.
Yesterday afternoon the Ministry of Education reversed a decision to downsize the school's rebuild which was originally approved in 2019.
Danelle Kendrick is parent at Eskdale School, her family lost their house but are still taking their two school-age children out to Eskdale everyday. We wanted to know how it's been for them. She speaks to Jesse.