The sole survivor of a horror crash in Taranaki which seven people died, including her partner and two children, is having to learn to walk again.
Ani Nohinohi is the only person to survive the two-car crash in Waverley that killed her partner Jeremy Thompson and daughters Nivek Madams (8), and eight-week-old Shady Thompson.
Four elderly people travelling in the second vehicle were killed instantly in the crash on June 27.
They were Ian Porteous (80) and his wife Rosalie Porteous (76), as well as Ian's sister Ora Keene (84) and close friend Brenda Williams (79).
Nohinohi was taken to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition but had recovered to a stable condition.
A family spokesperson said that while her condition had improved, she was "shocked" at the death of her daughters and partner.
"She knew about her girls but she didn't know about Jeremy," the spokesperson told Stuff.
"Her family didn't inform her about Jeremy, they thought they would save that for Jeremy's family to let her know.
"She took that really quite hard."
The Waverley crash was the worst on New Zealand roads in 13 years.
