Auckland Region

Slips have left houses in West Auckland's Titirangi teetering on hillsides and some residents are still without power and water. Audio

Last summer it was drought. Now floods have ravaged crops in Pukekohe, and growers warn vegetable price hikes are likely.

It's been a quiet start to the week for central Auckland businesses with people encouraged to stay at home because of slips and flooding.

Four lives have tragically been claimed by raging floodwaters and slips caused by an extreme and unprecedented deluge of rain across Auckland and Waikato on Friday.

Watercare claims the water supply is restored for all of Auckland, though not everyone agrees, and the service warned to expect further disruptions.

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is promising "better" communication than Friday ahead of tonight's forecast bad weather.

And there's a warning for uninsured business owners too, of knock-on effects that could affect their ability to pay mortgages.

Two Foodstuffs stores are still closed in Auckland after extensive damage from the deluge on Friday.

People are being warned to "get ready" as weather forecast to hit the north of Aotearoa progresses as expected on Tuessday afternoon.

Four people have been arrested following a burglary in Pt Chevalier, three of them youths.

Desley Simpson says she's "happy to talk", while Wayne Brown complains about having to "deal with media drongos". Audio

Officials are also urging Aucklanders to take advantage of the calm before the next storm and clear drains outside their homes. Audio

St Mary's Bay residents are blaming the council for massive slips that left some homes hanging precariously over the northern motorway approach to the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

An elderly woman was told to jump on her bed to escape floodwaters during Friday's deluge, but the community housing provider said they responded once the situation was clear. Audio

A man has been arrested for allegedly looting a flood damaged store in the hard-hit Wairau Valley on Auckland's North Shore.

A South Auckland community leader is calling the response to the flood disgraceful as some say they felt abandoned while a wall of water roared through the streets. Audio