The cleanup effort is still underway in Gisborne Tairāwhiti after Cyclone Hale, but there could be more damage to come.
Metservice is closely monitoring a subtropical low moving toward the East Cape, which could bring more heavy rain on Wednesday.
Meanwhile the council has their eyes on a new kilometre-wide lake created by a landslide.
Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz spoke to Jimmy Elllingham.
