Cyclone Vaianu has hit our shores and some regions are being hit particularly hard.
The East Coast has seen gusts of up to 130 kilometres an hour, thousands of homes in Northland and the Bay of Plenty are without power, and weather watches and warnings remain in place for the whole North Island and parts of the South Island.
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