The shortest day of the year has dawned with slips, flooding and road disruptions across the Coromandel and Gisborne caused by heavy overnight rain, and forecasters warn more heavy rain is on the way.
It looks like a wet Sunday winter solstice (9.43am marked the point New Zealand will start
getting more daylight as the sun reached its northernmost point in the sky before moving south) for Northland, Auckland, and the Waikato, as MetService forecasts showers and rain throughout the day.
Flooding has closed State Highway 25 between Hikuai and Tairua and the NZTA is asking motorists to avoid the area or expect delays to their travels.
