The Canterbury communities of Little River and Akaroa are both still cut off from the rest of the country after yesterday's torrential rain flooded their areas. A state of emergency is still in place for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula with teams assessing the extent of slips and damage after the area had its fourth wettest day on record yesterday. While in Wellington, the blustery wind and driving rain has mostly died down. But power cuts and rubber neckers are causing the biggest nuisance as people there mop up from yesterday's storm. Lauren Crimp has more from the capital.