Debris litters the ground after a car ploughs through four Rotorua properties. / Rotorua Daily Post

Civil Defence minister Kris Faafoi visits the Coromandel township of Te Puru after last weeks huge storm. / Video by Alan Gibson

Fridges, soggy mattresses and ruined stacks of carpet lie in and around skips in Kaiaua as residents clean up after Friday’s storm.

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern's weekly press conference

Security footage captures two incidents a Thirsty Liquor store in Otara was robbed. Supplied by Gurneet Mander

Sam Small makes jewellery out of DNA. She preserves and sets in resin things like breast milk, ashes, pet’s teeth, finger prints, umbilical cord, placenta, blood etc. Video/Michael Craig

NZ Police have released a video urging Kiwi drivers to drop their speed. Video/NZ Police

Samoan Language Nest Society President Dr Salā Fa’asaulala Tagoilelagi-Leota discusses intake for courses. / Video by Greg Bowker

Jim Anderton in his last interview in March 2017. / Supplied by Progressive Productions

Jan and Tony Braddock talk about what it’s like living aboard their yacht in Seaview Marina, Lower Hutt.

Miguel Sant’ana travels the world to teach people how to do handstands.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks about the loss of Jim Anderton. / Greg Bowker

Jim Anderton makes a valedictory statement in Parliament (2011). / Parliament TV

Gail Harris speaks to The New Zealand Herald about the death of her son and the need for mental health issues in the farming community to be discussed more openly. / Alan Gibson

In 2008 Sophie Elliott was murdered by Clayton Weatherston. Ten years on her mother Lesley speaks about the anniversary. Video / Otago Daily Times

A fire alarm has caused havoc for TVNZ today, delaying their flagship 6PM news broadcast. Video/Michael Craig

Snodgrass Road residents are concerned after a king tide hit earlier today. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Shocking video shows houses flooded in Maraetai. Twitter / @AnjaVroegop

Wellington man uses kayak to deliver mail in flood-stricken Thames. Credit: Ciaran Fill

Antique dealer Dan Cooper speaks to the Herald after flooding left his home and business severely damaged. Video/Jason Oxenham

Thames-Coast Rd destroyed by waves in monster storm over Coromandel. Credit: Moana Keeley & Patti Clark

The tide has risen above the seawall in Auckland's Point Chevalier during the storm. Twitter / @nzdodo

Huge waves crashed over the breakwater at Port Taranaki, dislodging rocks from the seawall. Credit: Mark Mitchell

Families on the North Shore headed to the beach to see the monster surf up close. YouTube / TubeDinoz

Winds, tides and rain leave a trail of destruction across the North Island as storm continues southward.

Garry Towler, Civil Defence Controller, gives the latest Coromandel weather update as of 1pm. Source: Facebook / Thames-Coromandel District Council