The Wellington region's in the brace position with bad weather hammering the area.
One person needed medical treatment for minor injuries after what's believed to be a tornado hit the Kāpiti Coast - the second in a matter of weeks.
Several houses in Waikanae and in Paraparaumu have been damaged. And more than 400 homes lost power in Upper Hutt.
As the wild weather hit, a substantial part of a Norfolk pine came toppling through the roof of a Waikanae workshop on Omahi St.
At about the same time worker Gordon Cameron was brewing a coffee.
