The top of the country remains under a heavy rain warning as torrential downpours are expected to hit eastern districts this morning. No reprieve from the wet weather is likely in coming days.
Today will be a wet and sticky day for the North Island as a tropical-fuelled slow-moving front delivers heavy rain to Northland and Auckland.
And MetService is now warning more heavy rain is due to hit Monday.
This morning a warning was extended for Northland's east coast, where rain is not expected to let up until early afternoon. An additional 30mm of rain was expected to fall in coming hours in intense deluges.
Up to 70mm of heavy northerly rain was expected to fall on eastern parts of Northland until lunchtime.