11-month-old Atamarie has been admitted to hospital three times with breathing issues which her family say were brought on by their mouldy home.

The youngest daughter of a couple living in a south Auckland "swamp house" is again in hospital with bronchitis, believed to have been brought on by mould in the home.

Eleven-month-old Atamarie was admitted to Middlemore Hospital's intensive care unit after she became ill at the family's rental property in Papakura.

"She vomited and then became lifeless so we called the ambulance," Dawn Robbie, Atamarie's mother, said. "We were told there was mucus in her lungs and chest and she had severe bronchitis."

SUPPLIED Atamarie was admitted to the ICU unit at Middlemore Hospital with severe bronchitis on September 22.

A letter from the Critical Care department confirmed Atamarie was admitted to intensive care on Saturday.

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It read: "This has been the third time this winter that Atamarie has been seen with bronchiolitis under the paediatricians at Middlemore Hospital.

"We know that damp cold living conditions increase the likelihood and severity of breathing problems in infants."

The letter, dated 24 September, is signed by Middlemore Hospital intensive care specialist, Dr Simpson.

Robbie's family has endured a lengthy battle with their landlord to have remedial work done on thier Papakura rental property.

Liu Chen Dawn Robbie says more needs to be done to protect tenants who experience problems like she has.

Robbie posted thier ordeal on social media on August 27, saying the family paid $520 a week to live in a "swamp house" where their two girls were constantly ill.

At that stage Atamarie had already been admitted to hospital twice with bronchitis.

"I'm paying $520 a week for my kids to be sick." Robbie said on Monday.

"It's just exhausting. Even though the water is gone now it hasn't changed the fact that there's mould all over the house."

Robbie said when her family moved into the property in January 2017, landlord Aven Raj warned them of a little flooding. But when it rained, she said the bungalow morphed into a "swamp".

Auckland Council investigated the problems after Robbie's plight was made public and issued Raj with an insanitary notice, giving him 10 days to remedy the drainage issues, repair the windows and clean the mould.

STUFF The family has been living in the property while contractors worked to remedy drainage issues.

Earlier this month, the family lived with contractors working under and around the property but Robbie said nothing was done about the mould.

Robbie said if everything went well, Atamarie could be transferred to a ward within 24 hours.

"They're keeping an eye on her, she's getting better but the problem is, when an infant gets bronchitis it never fully goes away and if she keeps going back to a mouldy home, she'll continue to get sick."

However, Robbie said she was hopeful the family could move into a new home as soon as next weekend.

"I've had Ray White helping us out, I have a meeting with them on Tuesday and with any luck we could be in a new place within a week.

"I just want to get out with my kids."

Raj said Ray White was now managing the property and staff at the agency were helping Robbie's family find a new home.

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