A shipping container might not be your dream home but one company is donating them as shelter for a year to Hawke's Bay families in need.
It comes as the Government works to house hundreds of those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
These aren't simply shipping containers - they signify hope, security and stability. And for people like Eskdale resident Rawinia Gray it's a place to call home once again.
"I'm lost for words quite literal. Yeah I'm so grateful, blessed for me and my family," she said.
Newshub first met Gray and her whanau three weeks ago. She lost her home in the cyclone, a place that'd been in the family for five generations.
But thanks to some incredible generosity the Grays have been given shelter.
"So used to crying in sadness and being able to cry about happiness is an overwhelming feeling," she said.
It's nothing fancy but for families that have lost everything having four walls and a dry roof over their heads means a lot right now.
"We've got it for 12 months and that gives us so much time to prepare for the future," Gray said.
She's one of five families receiving a shipping container for free for a year thanks to the team at Tinto.
"Yeah we've put some money into it but I think the value that we are getting back in appreciation is far greater than any profit you can make in a business," said Tinto Containers owner Andrew Barlow.
There's a big need for housing in Hawke's Bay. The Government's Temporary Accommodation Service is already supporting 130 households and 430 families have registered for help.
MBIE Temporary Accommodation Service incident controller Steve Watson said the need is only going to grow.
"A lot of the people are currently in commercial supply, so hotels and motels," he said.
"What we are doing is working with those people to understand what their future needs are and it is extremely likely that we will place temporary villages, motorhomes, portacabins on suitable land that we are working to find."
A lot of those decisions rest on the Government's future plans for impacted parts of Hawke's Bay which will be revealed next month.
But for the five families getting one of the shelters is enough.
"Just being able to have a roof over our head at home is all we need and we'll figure the rest out," Gray said. "I'm so grateful."
The kindness of others - easing the pressures for those dealing with such loss. Despite the devastation, there's still plenty of hope and heart here in Hawke's Bay.
