MetService has issued an orange heavy rain warning for Northland, both to the north and the south-east of Karikari Peninsula. The warning is in force from 8pm through to 9am tomorrow.
A further 80 to 120 mm rain is expected, at intensities of 15 to 25 mm per hour.
Residents are advised to clear their drains and gutters to prepare and to drive to the conditions.
There is currently a low chance the warning will be upgraded to a red.
MetService has issued a heavy rain watch for western Northland as periods of downpour are expected to hit the region.
The watch is in place from 8pm tonight to 8am tomorrow with a moderate chance of upgrading to a warning.
Conditions are forecasted to ease up south of Dargaville from 3am.
The Whangārei Returned and Services’ Association said tomorrow morning's Dawn Service at Laurie Hall Park has been cancelled "due to safety concerns".
Set to start at 6.00am, the Anzac Day commemoration will no longer go ahead based off the safety concerns raised by MetService and Civil Defence.
"The 10:00 am service at Maunu Cemetery is expected to proceed, but will remain subject to weather conditions on the day", the Whangārei RSA wrote on Facebook.
Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery Mark Mitchell has given an update on this morning's slip in Waiwera.
"I've been talking with the teams and they're quietly confident they could probably have the slip cleared by about midnight tonight. However, you just don't know with these things, but I'm pretty confident that by tomorrow morning they'll have it cleared."
He told Newstalk ZB Fulton Hogan was doing an "outstanding job" clearing the debris after trees came down on an apartment block in the area.
"A full survey of the damage hasn't been done yet because obviously they've been evacuated as a precaution."
He estimated there were about 12 to 18 apartments in the building, the occupants of whom were now staying with friends and family.
Mitchell said Kiwis should continue to keep an eye on the weather this long weekend but encouraged them to still enjoy it.
"People just need to keep checking, use their own danger sense. If they think there is a risk of a slip then report it and get themselves, removed themselves until it can at least be checked."
The local state of emergency has been lifted in Wellington and the wider Wairarapa after wild weather hit the region at the start of the week.
Wellington Region Emergency Management Office said they were "preparing to move from 'emergency' response into 'recovery'".
This will be focused on managing risks, like slips, and coordinating cleanup and service restoration.
Auckland Transport says it's "too soon" to give an estimation of how long the Hibiscus Coast Highway will be closed after today's slip.
"Once assessed, AT’s engineers will likely direct contractors to remove the trees, before moving on to the landslide debris", a spokesperson said.
"This needs to be done in a controlled way and may take some time."
Motorists are being advised by NZTA to use SH1 for the time being, with tolls being waived for the duration of the coastal highway's closure.
MetService has lifted the heavy rain warning for Eastern Auckland north of Whangaparaoa after conditions eased.
MetService has issued an orange heavy rain warning for Northland, with an additional 90 to 30mm forecasted south of Kawakawa. The warning came into effect at 3pm and will last until 9am tomorrow.
Downpours are expected to have an intensity of 15 to 25 mm an hour, with possible bouts of 25 to mm.
Residents are advised to clear their drains and gutters to prepare and to drive to the conditions.
There is currently a low chance the warning will be upgraded to a red.
Temperatures for tomorrow's ANZAC morning services are expected to be low in many parts of the country, with both Twizel and Blenheim reaching only a cool 3 degrees.
A man, who was woken to the sound of thunder as the hillside behind him collapsed onto his property, says his neighbour was “lucky not to be pinned to his bed” when a tree tumbled through his roof.
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