Rosemary Rudolph - kicked out of her home in her 80's

This page is raising funds to help Rosemary and her husband who were kicked out of their home in their 80's by Housing New Zealand during the meth hysteria. Their house wasn't contaminated yet they were told they would die if they went back in so left with the shirts on their back. Housing New Zealand made them pay to test their home for meth at the cost of $3k - but they also lost all of their possessions. The money we raise here will repay them the $3k and more towards their possessions they have lost.

If the page raises even more, there are other victims like Rosemary we can help out. Donate whatever you can, every dollar helps.

Here's some of Rosemary's story as told on stuff.co.nz by Henry Cooke.

It's been called the biggest scam ever played on New Zealand. For years, tens of millions of dollars were spent on testing and cleaning houses for methamphetamine residue that wasn't dangerous at all. Throughout, Housing New Zealand led the charge, kicking tenants out of homes and pursuing them for thousands in the Tenancy Tribunal. HENRY COOKE looks back at the series of failures at every level that got us into this mess.

Rosemary Rudolph was in her late 80s when the Government told her she was going to die.

It wasn't cancer, old age, or anything her doctor said at all. It came from a Housing New Zealand (HNZ) staffer, who said the place Rudolph called home for more than 60 years was poisoning her – she had to move out quick.

"They said I would die if I stayed there. I'll tell you what, I've been dying ever since – I'm a shadow of what I once was," Rudolph said.

One of Rudolph's 16 grandchildren had smoked some methamphetamine on the property and HNZ had caught wind of this, she said, admitting she was "pretty naive".

HNZ demanded the 87-year-old leave the property in Avondale, Auckland, so that it could be tested. They were also worried after her house had been fired upon by a suspected gang attacker. The tests came back positive - and that was it. She was out, moved to a far smaller unit right by a busy road.

"They said you have to move out, and because it's not your fault, we'll give you a little place somewhere."

"I wasn't allowed to bring my blankets or anything. I just walked out in the clothes that I had. The few that I had had to be washed three times ... My possessions were taken away from me. People came off the street and ransacked the place."

Rudolph said HNZ charged her $3000 for the testing. An HNZ spokesperson said the agency is "currently reviewing any costs associated with this matter".

But the Government has now made clear that unless there was someone actually cooking P on her property, which HNZ didn't suspect, Rudolph was in no real danger from the meth. Neither were the hundreds of other tenants kicked out or moved from their houses for the same thing, with readings that we often far lower.

You can read the full story on stuff.co.nz in the link provided. In the meantime while the government works out if they are going to compensate people like Rosemary, we can crowdsource for her and her husband and give them some much-needed funds as they face the last phase of their lives.