A severe weather warning is in place until midnight tonight for the Bay of Plenty and northern Gisborne, and MetService warned of possible surface flooding and slips. Persistent rain would accompany the slow-moving weather system and a weather watch was in place for Northland, Auckland, Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel peninsula. H 19C L 12CAUCKLAND: Rain with some heavy and possibly thundery falls, turning to showers, some heavy, this afternoon. H 18C L 12CHAMILTON: Showers, some heavy. H 18C L 11CTAURANGA: Rain at times, some heavy and possibly thundery falls.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 22, 2017 20:07 UTC