Ioane Teitiota has been fighting against deportation since 2011 but is due to be deported tomorrow. His wife and three children will follow a week later.
Mr Teitiota's lawyer Michael Kidd told Checkpoint the family was petrified.
He said there was a community meeting last night attended by 500 and the focus of concern was on the three children.
"Who are going back to king tides that wash through the whole place and water that's polluted by both sea water and human faeces."
