Cyclone Vaianu: Crews work to reopen roads and restore power

Flooding, outages, roads closed as rapidly deepening low spreads

Strong wind watches expand and heavy rain hits West Coast and upper South Island, with more disruption expected as system moves east.

Weather warnings expand as 'rapidly deepening' low approaches NZ

Warnings extended into the North Island and deeper south as a rapidly intensifying storm system approaches, with damaging winds, flooding rain and more alerts likely.

Warnings loom as severe weather tracks toward West Coast

MetService has issued multiple warnings and watches for parts of the South Island, some of which begin later today.

Heavy rain warnings issued as wet weather sweeps South Island's west

Up to 250mm of rain is forecast for parts of the West Coast from Wednesday, with further heavy rain, strong winds and large swells likely later in the week.