Many Aucklanders are welcoming the news of an independent review of the response to the first hours of the flood emergency.
Mayor Wayne Brown announced former police commissioner Mike Bush will lead the review.
Some Māngere streets' skip bins are full of discarded items after rising water contaminated many household items, and others residents' items made their way down the road during the flooding in Auckland. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Felix Walton reports.