Wayne Brown has asked for a briefing from emergency management officials over potential heavy rain and wind headed for the super city.
The Metservice has a weather watch in place for Auckland because of a subtropical low expected to hit the North Island this weekend.
The Auckland mayor was widely criticised for his handling of severe weather at the start of the year, with flooding in January leading to four deaths. Brown later conceded he had “dropped the ball” and a substantive report released earlier this month condemned city leaders for failing to communicate with locals.
The MetService is forecasting heavy rain and strong winds from Sunday morning through to Monday afternoon. There are no severe weather warnings yet. But this could change at short notice. So please be mindful and take care. We’ll be monitoring the situation closely.
— Mayor Wayne Brown (@MayorWayneBrown) April 28, 2023
“The mayor has requested a briefing from emergency management staff. At this stage we have no further information,” a spokesperson for the mayor told the Herald.
On Twitter, the mayor said he’d be monitoring the situation closely and asked Aucklanders to be “mindful and take care”.