A rainfall warning has been upgraded to red for parts of Auckland, Coromandel and Northland from Tuesday afternoon.
It comes as the region has recorded a whopping 769 percent of its usual January rainfall.
One of the Auckland suburbs hardest hit on Friday night was Ranui.
Reporter Louise Ternouth and cameraman Angus Dreaver spoke to residents whose homes were yellow stickered, giving them only limited access to their flood-damaged properties.
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