The royal, 75, was joined by The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler to read passages of the iconic book to students at Rudolf Ross school in Hamburg this afternoon.
Auckland Emergency Management says staff are out assessing flooding with reports of people being rescued from their roofs and MetService has issued its highest level heavy rain warning for the city.
Two men are dead and two other people are missing after raging floodwaters and slips were caused by an unprecedented deluge of rain across the Auckland reg