Heavy rain and strong winds are battering parts of the country. Photo: Supplied / MetService
Severe weather warnings remain as heavy rain and strong winds batter the country.
It comes as parts of Aotearoa remain in clean-up mode following severe weather events earlier this year, such as Cyclone Hale, Cyclone Gabrielle, and Auckland's anniversary weekend floods.
Northland received the most rain overnight, with Kaikohe reaching 200 millimetres in the past 24 hours to 6am.
In Thames-Coromandel, overnight downpours reached 81mm and more rain is expected throughout the day.
At 6am, Auckland was the wettest place in the country, with 25mm overnight, half of that was since 4am.
Intermittent bursts of rain were occurring in the central city.
Heads up upper North Island, including Auckland region and Coromandel.
Heavy rain is developing offshore.
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As the bad weather moved south, MetService said thunderstorms were expected in the Bay of Plenty area.
Fire and Emergency NZ said it had not yet received any weather-related callouts.
As of 6.30am, orange heavy rain warnings were in place for Northland, Coromandel, parts of Bay of Plenty, Tasman, north of Motueka, and Westland, south of Otira.
Yellow heavy rain warnings were in place for Auckland, including Great Barrier Island, parts of Bay of Plenty, including Gisborne.
Yellow strong wind warnings were in place for Auckland and Coromandel.
MetService said the bad weather was being caused by an "active front associated with a subtropical low" that was moving down the country.
It was "slow moving" and the rest of the week was looking "pretty unsettled", Meteorologist John Law said.
Law said the warnings were being extended to Bay of Plenty as the day went on and MetService was "keeping a close eye" on the region on Monday and throughout the week.
The weather was also moving down to the South Island where western parts of the Tasman district were expected to "bear the brunt of the rainfall".
Law told Morning Report it was "really worth" people keeping an eye on the forecast as "unfortunately more wet weather is to come" and warnings could be upgraded or changed.
As winter came, Law said it was likely northern parts of the country who were experiencing heavy rain events may become more settled as warm, moist air coming from the north was lost.
Power outages in Northland
Up to 400 properties in Northland experienced the loss of power because of the weather overnight.
About 170 properties in Waipu were expected to be reconnected this morning and a further 87 in Kaikohe this afternoon.
Northland Civil Defence spokesman Zachary Woods said the weather was looking a bit more settled this morning but the region has received the majority of the heavy rain.
As the day continued, Woods said officials wood be checking if the region had experienced any other major impacts but nothing major had been reported overnight.
Some 111 calls were made but they were dealt with as "business as usual", he told Morning Report.
There had also been some reports of boats coming of their moorings.
Woods said with more wet weather on the way, officials would be watching.
'Keeping a close eye'
The Coromandel region appears to have handled the rain well, its district mayor says, but more would be seen throughout the morning.
Thames-Coromandel district mayor Len Salt told Morning Report the region was still in recovery mode from earlier severe weather events, including Cyclone Gabrielle.
Salt said 81mm of rain had fallen in the area overnight, but it appeared to have spread throughout the night, making it more manageable.
Teams had done "a lot" of work to prepare for heavy rain, such as clearing culverts so they could drain properly.
"At the moment, we are not in too bad a shape but nervously watching what is coming down the line," Salt said.
"We seem to have come through OK but we are keeping a close eye on it."
Salt said residents were also being asked to keep an eye on any differences they may notice in the land and let officials know if they had any concerns.
'Don't take dumb risks'
Thames Valley Civil Defence was warning its resilient residents to stay informed throughout the week and keep away from waterways and beaches when water levels were high and tides were big.
"Don't take any dumb risks," controller Garry Towler said.
"It's not worth the risk."
Towler told Morning Report reports had come through of "huge seas" causing significant coastal erosion. Crews were out investigating.
He said it was of particular concern given the coastal erosion that had occurred during the previous cyclones.
Rivers were also running "very very high" but the region had got through the night OK.
"The roading network appears to have come through OK as has power. We appear to be fully intact regarding power supply so that's good news."
However, officials were standing by and keeping an eye on what was lying ahead for the Coromandel this week.
They remain in monitoring mode, he said.
Auckland public transport affected
The weather in Auckland affected ferry services on Sunday, and that continued on Monday.
Auckland Transport said Gulf Harbour ferry services would be replaced with alternative transport because of the weather.
It included the 7.30am, 10.30am and 12.30pm services from Auckland to Gulf Harbour and the 6.30am, 7am, 7.30am, 8.30am, 11.30am and 1.30pm services from Gulf Harbour to Auckland.
On Monday 1 May 2023, the following Gulf Harbour Ferry services will be replaced with alternative transport due to weather conditions:
— Auckland Transport Travel Alerts (@AT_TravelAlerts) April 30, 2023
Auckland to Gulf Harbour at 07:30, 10:30, 12:30
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Rain and wind gusts had caused some surface flooding, brought some trees down and caused an underslip on State Highway One which has since been cleared.
Auckland Emergency Management duty controller Rachel Kelleher told Morning Report officials were looking out for the weather expected mid-week as some more "adverse weather" could be coming through.
"We will be looking to updated weather forecasts coming through this morning and encourage everyone else to do the same thing."
As a result of the severe weather already experienced this year, Kelleher said AEM was a lot more vigilant to what was happening and quicker to communicate with other necessary parties to deal with it.
She said "we can all play a part in being prepared" by encouraging anyone to clear their street gutters if they saw anything blocking it before council cleared it.
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