A Wellington family is living in fear of a slip on council land behind their house, which first gave way nine months ago.
The council is aware of the problem but says it's too busy to repair the damage.
It all began with a murky trickle, before a huge landslide came crashing down just metres from a bedroom where Sarah Toase's four-day-old baby slept.
"She was sleeping in the cot and I just said to my husband, 'We have to get out'," Ms Toase told Newshub.
That was in November, when storms drenched Wellington just days after the Kaikoura earthquake.
Nine months later, Ms Toase says she still lives in fear of another landslide.
Porirua City Council were quick to clean up the debris but haven't fixed the slip, which sits on a council reserve.
"We get a torch and we check out the back just for our own safety," Ms Toaste said.
"If there's going to be anything further that happens, it'll be further up the slope and we can't really see that."
Ms Toase says the council initially said the work would be done by May, but that's again been pushed back.
"We're under this kind of constant threat and stress and having it delayed sort of suggests we, I don't know, we don't feel important enough really," she said.
Since November there have been 40 major slips in the Porirua area. Just 11 percent are repaired while most, like the one at the Toase property, are on the waiting list.
The cost is already more than $3 million.
Porirua City Council chief operating officer Tamsin Evans says the workload is huge and they're trying their best.
"We had an exceptionally high amount of work that we had to deal with, we're working through it as best we can," he said.
Engineers have checked Ms Toase's property and the council is confident the family is safe.
"The slip in November, like I said, didn't touch the property when it came down," Mr Evans said.
"It's revegetated now, it's as stable as it's going to be without any further intervention."
The council says it hopes contractors will begin work before Christmas.
Newshub.
