A severe weather warning has been issued for the Bay of Plenty, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and Westland regions, where residents are being warned to prepare for the chance of flooding.
Another landslip caused a home to be evacuated early this morning in the Tasman district, about 12 hours after a woman was killed when the house she was in was demolished by a huge landslide.
Nelson Bays Police area commander Inspector Steve Greally said a family of four fled about1.20am from their home, which is in the same district where Jude Hivon, 63, was killed yesterday afternoon.
Mr Greally said engineers would examine the home this morning to check damage caused by the early morning landslip, and warned others in the Motueka region to leave if they felt unsafe.
"If people have doubts about how their house is sitting on the hill, if they have a gut feeling that it's just not right, leave the address in the interim; seek shelter with friends," Mr Greally said.
"There's a lot of hills around the place. However, it's not my expectation that there'll be a widespread problem."
The residents of two other houses evacuated after the fatal landslide yesterday are staying with family and friends.
Mr Greally said many roads were blocked by minor landslips and people should consider whether it was safe to travel to work today.
He warned people to "curb your curiosity" and avoid visiting the house that was destroyed on Kaiteriteri-Sandy Bay Rd in Marahau, near Motueka, after the 200m-long land slip about 1.15pm yesterday.
