Pictures have emerged of damage in Te Araroa on the East Coast.
The Emergency Minister Mark Mitchell told RNZ the area was "like a warzone", and a group of seven were rescued from a roof in Hick's Bay.
It remained cut off by road, with State Highway 35 closed from Tolaga Bay t
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