This week kicks off with another rain maker but by Wednesday most of New Zealand will be dry as high pressure moves in. The next rain maker is lining up in the Tasman Sea for either the end of the weekend of the start of next week, and may well be a fairly typical Autumn low with warm, windy, weather in front and a change to colder, squally, showers behind. We have the latest on how it’s shaping up.
There'll be no hot cup of tea or coffee for several thousand south Aucklanders getting up for work this morning.
Power's out to a large part of South Auckland after a burst of heavy rain.
The blackout covers Otahuhu, Papatoetoe and Mangere and has knocked out some traffic lights inthe area.
Vector Communications Manager, Sandy Hodge, says around 2200 households are affected.
"There's a Mangere East feeder, which looks as though it was taken about 3:25am when the bad weather came through.
