Waiau

The Kaikōura earthquake was once the source of Rebekah Kelly's misery, but now it inspires "joy".

“Which is kind of weird, it was too much at the start and then we had projects to do, and now it's all of a sudden too much again. Damage included the local pool, which was a point of pride in the town. “I just approach life with a smile, but at the moment I'm fighting the black dog. The town of 250 people was just five kilometres from the epicentre of the Kaikōura quake in 2016. And not earthquake stuff, but just life. “Most of the water system and the fencing infrastructure was not insurable,” she said.