At the same time that I arrived, Auckland Emergency Management was out making an assessment of the physical damage and the immediate safety concerns. Vector was getting into action to restore power safely and assessing the damage to the poles that were uniformly flattened, and the Red Cross was setting up the welfare centre. Fire and Emergency New Zealand were putting out boots on the ground in the affected streets, and cordoning dangerous areas. Police were setting up road blocks and assuring residents that houses that couldn't be secured, because of the damage, would be safe, and the Supreme Sikh Society from the Takanini gurdwara was pulling its volunteer network together and amassing food supply for food parcels. Local businesses, like roofers, All in one Builders, and the Cavendish Mitre 10, were digging deep to donate time and products to fixing roofs before the rain destroyed homes even further.