Residents and businesses at the top if the South Island are holding their breaths as the already sodden regions face an orange heavy rain warning.
Tasman, Nelson and parts of Marlborough - which are all still under states of emergency - have had alerts over possible further flooding and slips as rain continues throughout the day.The areas are still cleaning up from last weekend's deluge that caused widespread flood damage.
Other parts of the country are also under orange warnings over heavy rain including Taranaki maunga, northern Taihape and Tongariro National Park and Bay of Plenty west of Opotiki.
RNZ's Tess Brunton has been out and about since daylight and joins Kathryn from Wakefield near the Wai-iti River.
