Since Covid struck and Behniwal lost her job, the Hastings family has been living in emergency and transitional housing. After bouncing between motels, they have spent the past five months in a repurposed seasonal workers’ bunkhouse in an industrial part of town. There is nowhere for the children to play, no curtains, and the Behniwals were initially told they were not allowed to put up a cot or have any visitors, including grandparents. Now the family has been told they have four weeks to find other accommodation alongside dozens of other whānau in Hastings. They must move out so that incoming registered seasonal employer (RSE) workers - for whom the housing was built - can be accommodated.