9 May 2023

In pictures: Widespread flooding as Auckland hit with heavy rain

3:33 pm on 9 May 2023
Oakley Creek overflowed in Walmsley Park, Mt albert causing flooding on properties nearby on 9 May, 2023.

A house near Oakley Creek. Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell

Torrential rain in Tāmaki Makaurau has caused flooding in many areas of the region and it is now under a state of emergency. Here's what it looks like.

Widespread flooding

Flooding in Glen Innes on 9 May, 2023.

Flooding in Glen Innes. Photo: Supplied

A car is caught in floodwaters on Kintara Drive, Massey, as downpours hit Auckland, 9 May 2023.

Flooding on Kintara Drive, Massey before midday. Photo: Supplied

Oakley Creek overflowed in Walmsley Park, Mt albert causing flooding on properties nearby on 9 May, 2023.

Oakley Creek flooding in Walmsley Park. Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell

Oakley Creek overflowed in Walmsley Park, Mt albert causing flooding on properties nearby on 9 May, 2023.

Flooding at house near Oakley Creek. Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell

Oakley Creek overflowed in Walmsley Park, Mt albert causing flooding on properties nearby on 9 May, 2023.

Flooding at a house near Oakley Creek. Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell

Flooding on Candia Road in Swanson, Waitakere City on 9 May 2023.

A flooded house in Waitākere. Photo: RNZ / Amy Williams

Flooding on Porana Road, Wairau Valley on 9 May, 2023.

Flooding on Porana Road, Wairau Valley. Photo: RNZ / Luka Forman

Flooding in Auckland on 9 May 2023.

Sunnyvale, Henderson. Photo: RNZ / Felix Walton

Swanson Stream in Henderson, Auckland running at a high level after heavy rain on 9 May 2023.

Swanson Stream. Photo: RNZ / Felix Walton

Swanson Stream in Henderson, Auckland running at a high level after heavy rain on 9 May 2023.

Swanson Stream. Photo: RNZ / Felix Walton

Transport havoc in Tāmaki Makaurau

Gridlock in central Auckland during heavy rain on 9 May, 2023.

Gridlock in central Auckland. Photo: Supplied / Tom Kennedy

People waiting for public transport on 9 May, 2023.

People waiting for public transport in central Auckland. Photo: Supplied / Tom Kennedy

People queued up waiting for a bus to arrive on Wellesley Street on 9 May, 2023.

On Wellesley Street, people had been waiting for over an hour for a bus. Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia

People queued up waiting for a bus to arrive on Wellesley Street on 9 May, 2023.

Auckland commuters waiting for a bus on Wellesley Street in the central city. Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia

Students waiting for a bus outside AUT on 9 May, 2023.

Students waiting for a bus outside AUT for over 2 hours. Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia

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