"We'd had the stream flood into the back garden before, but never into the house," Kylie said.
At the peak of the flood, the water was more than 1.5-metres deep in the house. All of the furniture was thrown around and smashed, and thick mud coated everything. The head-high tide mark is still clearly visible on several glass doors in the house.
The two were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Ms Bishop could not go back to work for six weeks because her employer, Silver Fern Farms Waitotara meatworks, shut temporarily after the floods.
For the past year, they have been living with family while they try to get back on their feet. They hope to be back in their house later this month, although Ms Bishop admits to mixed feelings about the prospect.
"It [flooding] is going to happen again; it's just a matter of when. Jessica was saying last night how much she liked listening to the rain on the roof and I thought, I won't when we're back in the house and it's been raining for two days.
"On the other hand, although we're really grateful to my brother for having us, it will be nice to have our own space again."
Ms Bishop said her insurance company has been "slow, but helpful" in getting the house fixed. The house has had to be virtually rebuilt, with new walls, new cladding, new front door and flooring, and most of the windows replaced. Part of the concrete foundations also had to be rebuilt as it slumped after the floods.
"It's just the framing, most of the foundations and the roof that's original."
Ms Bishop said she and Jessica are looking forward to being settled again.
"We don't want to have to go through that again.
"But at the end of the day, this is our home."
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