In Auckland, the heavy rain stopped around 5am. Photo: UnSplash/ Nechama Lock
Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit much of the North Island overnight, but the bad weather seemed to be receding as dawn broke.
In Auckland, the heavy rain stopped around 5am.
In Northland, about 290 homes in the Raupo and Pouto areas were without power after lightning strikes. Northpower said engineers were working on the fault.
Vector's outage map showed unplanned cuts in the far north of the Auckland region, around Pakiri and Wellsford, and in eastern parts of Waiheke Island.
In Wellington there was surface flooding in the central city on Saturday night, but the rain had since stopped.
There were still severe weather warnings in place in parts of the North Island, but they were due to expire early on Sunday morning.
Heavy rain warnings in parts of the South Island - including the ranges of the Westland District north of Haast, the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers from Arthurs Pass southwards, the Richmond and Bryant Ranges and Tasman northwest of Motueka - were in place late Saturday night.
Fallen trees across State Highway 6 between Inangahua and Lower Buller Gorge on the West Coast forced it to close.
A power outage was planned for Westport around 11am to carry out emergency repairs after a lightning storm.
A heavy rain watch was in place for Fiordland until 9am Sunday.
