Parts of the North Island are being pummeled by wind and rain this morning.
MetService has issued heavy rain and strong wind watches for some places including the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel.
A deepening low is slowly moving over the Tasman Sea directing a moist north to northeast flow over central and northern New Zealand, MetService said in a statement.
An associated front has moved across central and northern areas from the west and will move away to the east later today.