Tinui residents have a massive clean-up job on their hands after the edge of Cyclone Gabrielle tore through their isolated Wairarapa community this week.

There are two rivers in Tinui which meet just outside the village, she said.

On Tuesday those rivers burst their stop banks, causing widespread damage across farmland and the few buildings that remained on the floodplains.

Many buildings had been moved to higher ground after a similarly devastating flood in 1991.

One of Nick Mills' callers on Wellington Mornings wanted to remind those listening not to forget about those struggling.

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