Aucklanders be prepared to get by on your own for three days - that's the advice from Emergency Management.
Cyclone Gabrielle is off the coast of Australia and could be heading towards New Zealand; potentially bringing heavy rain and high winds to an already sodden Auckland.
The state of emergency in the city has been extended for another week. Forecasters say it is too early to know the storms exact path, but it could reach Aotearoa late this week or earlier.
And depending on the severity, authorities are warning there could be power cuts and further damage.
Auckland deputy mayor Desley Simpson is calling for government funding for Auckland's clean-up to be close to that given to Christchurch after the quakes.
"They are saying that the event we've had ... is equivalent to the biggest non earthquake event we've had," she told Checkpoint.
"So I think we should look to Christchurch it's on that kind of magnitude. We should look at the help they provided to Christchurch and try and get a similar figure for Auckland."
