What you need to know:
- Numerous weather warnings were issued by MetService across the country.
- Northland, east of Kaikohe, from Doubtless Bay to Whangarei, was under a red warning, with locals warned of a "threat to life" due to rising rivers.
- Northland, Whangaparoa North, Great Barrier Island, Coromandel Peninsula, Hunua Range, Bay of Plenty west of Whakatane were under an orange warning.
- Auckland, Great Barrier Island, and Northland were under an orange wind warning.
