Whitianga Campground is flooded, with the water halfway up the doors of vehicles. Photo: Charlotte Cook
Five districts have now declared states of emergency, as a tropical low hammers the North Island with heavy rain, causing widespread flooding.
In the face of this threat, communities are rallying to keep each other safe.
Here are some of the images to emerge from the storm.
Whitianga residents stock up and prepare to wait out the floods, despite knee-deep water. Photo: RNZ / Charlotte Cook
Car stuck in flood water.
Motutara Road flooding in Ōakura, Northland. Photo: RNZ/Calvin Samuel
Police inspect a section of Falls Road, where a person and their vehicle was believed to have been swept into the Mahurangi River. Photo: Lucy Xia
Ohawini Bay resident braces for more incoming weather after a week of rain.
Slips on Rapata Road in Ōakura, Northland. Photo: Calvin Samuel
Slips on Rapata Road in Ōakura, Northland. Photo: Calvin Samuel
Ōakura resident evacuating to neighbouring property, as slip threatens driveway.
John Welch paddles Jazmyn Welch's partner, Holly, to safety, after their Kūaotunu home was surrounded by fast-moving, neck-deep floodwaters. Photo: Supplied / Jazmyn Welch
The entrance to the Ōakura Community Hall, where a slip came through the back wall earlier this week. Photo: Calvin Samuel
Northland's Mōkau Marae prepares for evacuees ahead of incoming weather.
Sand bags are dropped off at Ōakura. Photo: Kim Baker Wilson
Road workers clear fresh slips on the Russell Road, heading to Ōakura. Photo: Calvin Samuel
Flooding in paddocks on Russell Road, just off SH1. Photo: Calvin Samuel
One of the slips blocking State Highway 2, through Waioeka Gorge, between Opotiki and Gisborne. Photo: Supplied
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