The last thing the North Island needs right now is more rain, but just south of Kaiwaka, more than 150mm was recorded inland of Mangawhai Heads. A Northland council rain gauge just outside Mangawhai measured a record 342mm for the day, most of it after midday.

Click here to read some of the NZ Herald's coverage of the storm.

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