Rain is battering the Northland region this morning, with a heavy deluge and high tide expected to coincide early this afternoon.
Just two weeks after the last major downpour, there's already been flooding and thousands of power outages.
Huhana Lyndon is from the Tuparehuia marae north of Whangārei, and is Ngatiwai Trust Board chief executive.
She spoke to Corin Dann.
