Heavy rain is pummelling the north-east of Aotearoa.
Two orange heavy rain warnings are in place as a month's worth of rain has been forecast to hit the Bay of Plenty region.
A dedicated flood emergency team is monitoring river levels and farmers were told to move stock to higher ground as four swollen rivers reached warning levels.
MetService Meteorologist Thapi Makgabutlane spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
