Kaitāia’s Pak’nSave, McDonald’s, car wash and Bells Produce stores were inundated this week, with water from the Awanui River, which runs behind the area. Photo: Supplied / Toto Nicholson Major upgrades to Kaitāia’s flood-control...

The front is expected to bring “wet and windy weather whizzing through” some places, MetService said, but could also affect areas outside the yellow watch zone. Photo: Supplied/ MetService After last week’s battering more...