A Glenore family is counting the cost of under-insurance following a devastating house fire near Milton on July 2. A South Otago family has called for compassion after losing everything but the clothes on their backs in a recent housefire. Despite the generosity of many online and community donors since, Mrs McNulty said both she and the family had also been abused "horrendously" by some social media users critical of the fundraising appeal. Although the "hostility" of social media trolls had added to the stress of the situation, the family had also been "stunned" by the "kindness of strangers". "At the end of the day my family's safe, and that's all I really care about."

Source: Otago Daily Times July 15, 2019 16:30 UTC