Much of the rain and cloud that dampened the weekend in Hawke's Bay is set to continue into the start of this week.
Metservice meteorologist Kyle Lee said a frontal feature combined with low pressure would continue to bring quite a bit of rain to the North Island.
"As it starts tracking eastwards it does look likely to bring quite a bit of rain to Hawke's Bay on Sunday through to Monday as it flows more to the east where the region is a bit more exposed."
Wet conditions were expected to persist into the week as the weather system approached New Zealand and an associated front moved across the country.
"Monday looks like it's going to be fairly wet and on Tuesday it starts to improve as that low pressure moves off and returns to a more traditional westerly flow. We're only expecting scattered showers for Hawke's Bay on Tuesday."