Overview
- The storm made landfall near the Māketū Peninsula on Sunday before tracking southeast and moving offshore that evening.
- Following Sunday’s cyclone, most of the roughly 10,000 power cuts were fixed, with about 870 homes in Wairoa and 440 in Gisborne still without supply.
- Northland and Waikato ended local states of emergency on Monday, with Tauranga, Hawke’s Bay and Western Bay of Plenty also lifting theirs.
- Evacuation orders ended in the Whakatāne district, allowing 270 households in Ōhope and Thornton to return if it was safe.
- MetService reported up to 220 mm of rain in the Coromandel in 24 hours and peak gusts above 120 km/h at exposed sites, as leaders pointed to longer-term planning that could include relocating some East Coast communities.