Helpful and community minded builder Sulendra Raju, helped fix 60 homes affected by the tornado on Saturday.

A builder who stepped in to put tarpaulins on more than 60 homes that lost their roofs and windows after a tornado struck south Auckland says he just wanted to lend a helping hand.

Sulendra Raju, 46, the owner of All In One Builders Company Ltd, in Papatoetoe, was praised for his heroic efforts by Auckland mayor Phil Goff in the aftermath of the freak weather event that resulted in a death.

He and his men were one of the first on the scene on Saturday and immediately got to work covering damaged roofs, boarding up windows and doing makeshift repairs to fallen fences.

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