Civil Defence says the landslide risk in Auckland’s Piha and Muriwai remains high.
About 20 homes were evacuated in Piha last night because of land instability, and an exclusion zone is in place for a large part of Muriwai.
“It’s not unusual for a landslide to keep moving for weeks or months after an event like this,” GNS Science engineering geologist and landslide duty officer Kerry Leith says.
“It’s really hard to convey just how suddenly big landslides can move.