Heavy rain is hitting the North Island overnight, especially northern parts of the region - including Auckland, Northland and Waikato.
Multiple heavy rain watches are in place for the North Island.
MetService has issued a heavy rain watch for Northland south of Kaikohe, Auckland, Waikato near the west coast, Mt
Taranaki, Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty north of Papamoa.
Auckland's heavy rain watch is expected to lift on Friday morning at 8am. That issued for Mt Taranaki and Waikato near the west coast is expected to lift in the early hours of Friday.
Northland's heavy rain watch is set to lift late on Thursday night.
