A resident on Wellington’s Balfour St looks at the damage on Monday.  (Photo: SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ)
A resident on Wellington’s Balfour St looks at the damage on Monday. (Photo: SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ)

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In pictures: The damage caused by flooding across the lower North Island

A resident on Wellington’s Balfour St looks at the damage on Monday.  (Photo: SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ)
A resident on Wellington’s Balfour St looks at the damage on Monday. (Photo: SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ)

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.

Wellington flooding on Monday morning. (Photo: RNZ / Paris Ibell)
The Kingston landslide brought down large amounts of dirt, rocks and trees. (Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii)
The landslide in Kingston. (Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii)
A landslide on Balfour St. (Photo: MARK PAPALII / RNZ)
A pile up of dirt on Wellington’s Balfour St on Monday. (Photo: SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ)
Wellington’s Island Bay Bowling Club (Photo: RNZ / Anya Fielding)
Flooding in Stokes Valley on Saturday (Photo: Mark Papalii/RNZ)
Flooding in Taita, Lower Hutt on Saturday. (Photo: Mark Papalii/RNZ)
SH59 Plimmerton Roundabout on Saturday. (Photo: RNZ/Warren Meech)
Flooding near a Wellington Palmers Garden Centre on Saturday. (Photo: Krystal Gibbens/RNZ)
Flooding in Stokes Valley near Thomas St on Saturday. (Photo: Mark Papalii/RNZ)
Sandbagging at Porirua nursery on Saturday. (Photo: Samuel Rillstone/RNZ)
Flood barriers in place at Kowhai Park, Whanganui on Sunday. (Photo: RNZ / Robin Martin)
Pāuatahanui residents cleaning up on Sunday. (Photo: RNZ / Krystal Gibbens)
Damage on Stokes Valley roads on Saturday. (Photo: Mark Papalii/RNZ)
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