Auckland Council North Shore ward councillor Richard Hills says there could have been more communication as flooding hit the city.
Hills told Morning Report he did not want to single anyone out, but there has been anger, confusion and anxiety in the city.
"There’s, I think, too much focus on timing of states of emergency. My view is just there could have been more communication from those official channels, just to let people know what to do and where.”
Two of the four people who died during the flooding in Auckland did so in the North Shore suburb of Wairau Valley.
The two men were dragged into culverts as the furious flood waters raged on Friday night.
Hills said he was thinking of the friends and family of all those who died in the weather event.
