Meanwhile, last night's weather also caused hundreds of Western Bay of Plenty homes to lose power and brought reports of trees down, flying trampolines and toppled over portaloos.
On the Bay of Plenty Times Facebook page, Lisa Swindells in Windermere said a neighbour's trampoline hit her roof and landed in her yard, while Vicki Hodges reported a tree down on the road in her area.
Meanwhile, portaloos fell like dominoes in the building sites of Papamoa East.
More than 600 homes lost power across Pyes Pa and Pukehina shortly after 8.10pm.
Power was restored by morning, but the power went out to 85 homes on Matakana Island about 7.30am and was not expected to be restored until mid-morning.
High winds and heavy rain swept through the region from late afternoon, with the worst of the weather arriving later in the evening, Metservice forecaster Tuporo Marsters said.
He said he top wind gust of 70km/h was recorded about 9pm.
The Kaimai Range received 67mm of rain, while just 24mm was recorded at Tauranga Airport.
The Eastern Bay of Plenty had the most rain in the country, with 162mm recorded near Te Kaha on the East Coast.
Heavy rain warnings and strong wind warnings were lifted for the Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Gisborne this morning.
Mr Marsters said there was more rain on the way for the Western Bay today.
"You've got a decent band coming through from this afternoon which could possibly have some hail with it and some northwesterly winds. There is a moderate risk of thunderstorms."
"Tomorrow the rain should ease off in the late morning, but Sunday's the pick. That will be clean up day - you can pick up all the leaves."