Heavy rain has started to fall in Westland and emergency preparations are under way with additional first responders bolstered in the most at-risk areas..
Parts of the West Coast can expect “a month’s worth of rain in one day” as an “atmospheric river” washes over the area. MetService has warned parts of.
With Southland under a state of emergency, a remote town's water treatment plant has stopped working, leaving eight hours' drinking water in the reservoir. Follow RNZ's liveblog.