Torrential rain over the weekend caused flooding and damage to parts of the lower North Island including Wellington, Ōhura and Porirua.
An orange heavy rain warning remained in place for the Tararua Range, Wairarapa and Tararua District south of Woodville, along with Wellington south of Tawa and the Hutt Valley and Kaikōura Coast.
Parts of the North Island were now in clean-up mode following flash flooding on Sunday, while the bad weather was expected to continue for the wider Wellington region until Tuesday night.
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