Some eastern Porirua residents are trying to leave the neighbourhood in the wake of last month's siege.

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A number of Kokiri Crescent residents have attended a morning tea, designed to help support them as they come to grips with the siege and subsequent fire this week.

Organiser Liz Makalio said a young girl who lives next to the burnt house wants to leave, and she's not the only one.

"We've got another couple that are the house next door to where everything ended. They just want out, they want out of that house and they want support to get out of that house."

Ms Makalio said a lasting concern is how to help the neighbourhood children.

"Kids have now seen police officers with guns in their faces and they don't know how to remove that from the young kids' minds."