A king tide and heavy rains is causing havoc near Russell. Maraetai Beach has been hit hard by the storm moving through the country on Friday.Areas expected to get the heaviest rain on Friday include Tongariro, Mt Taranaki, Marlborough and the Tararua Range.Footage of East Coast Road on Friday morning - the main road out of Kaiaua - on the western Firth of the edge of Thames. Tamaki Drive in Auckland has been closed and opened and closed again.Jane Matthews experienced heavy flooding north of the Auckland harbour bridge. Flooding on Kohimarama Rd next to the San Remo Apartments Heavy flooding at the corner of Tamaki drive and Kohimarama Road, AucklandThe dark and stormy descend upon Castlepoint.A king tide laps at the Okahu Bay boat shedsA swell and easterly offshore winds mean great conditions for surfers at Piha.The driver of this car in Otahuhu had a lucky escape when a large pine tree fell on her vehicle, leaving her shaken but uninjured.A tree ripped out of the ground by wind in the Hamilton suburb of Frankton.The Jackson family's trampoline ended up in the trees in Kerikeri.The storm surge catches out a walker on Auckland's Tamaki Dr.Hamilton's Jemima Knudsen heard a 'crack' and saw the neighbour's tree come over the fence.Large waves rushing over Tamaki Drive near Okahu Bay, Auckland.The storm approaches Taranaki.Out for a stroll in Upper Hutt, Wellington.Thames Coast Rd, State Highway 25, during high tide on Friday morning.The campground at Bland Bay is near-empty on Friday.Thames Coast Rd, State Highway 25.Flattened tents Northland's Bland Bay.Flooding at Mission Bay, Auckland.High tide at East Coast Road, Kaiaua, Coromandel.This footpath completely fell away in heavy rain this week, joining the rest of a monster urban landslide in Birkenhead on Auckland's North Shore.The Thorpe family were playing in the big swell at a Taranaki breakwater. Daina, 10, black coat Robyn, 12, and red coat Evan, 14A yacht on the rocks in Tamaki Dr, Auckland.Storm surge in a front yard in Te Puru, Thames Coast.Bucklands Beach, Auckland, is under water.Te Puru on the Thames Coast is inundated by storm surge.People are still out walking at Mission Bay in Auckland, despite waves flooding the area.The Sunset Motel near Thames has been evacuated as flood waters arrive.Flooding on Kohimarama Rd, Auckland.A man uses a bucket to try to get coastal flooding out of his back yard on Kohimarama Rd.Campervans are inundated by the incoming sea at Kaiaua, in the Firth of Thames.Papa Aroha motor camp, Coromandel, is hit by a storm surge.Kaiaua, on the Firth of Thames, has been badly inundated by storm surge.Panmure wharf is under water.The road is shredded at Ngarimu Bay.Carnage at the Milford Marina, North Shore where the storm has overturned boats. The Thames Coast Road has been washed out.The Thames Coast Road, near Whakatete Bay.High tide at Mairangi Bay beach todayFlooding in Kaiaua, after the rain over night and high tide this morning this small coastal town has been floodedFreya Thompson at the house she is renting that was flooded right through.Summer storm putting on a display at the Urenui beach camp. Wild waves at Maraetai Beach had breached the seawall on Friday morning, flooding homes and gardens.Photo from Maraetai local Shona Parore showing the wild seas hitting the beach. One of the residents Simon Stephens's front yard during the storm surge in Te Puru, Thames Coast.
