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A precautionary state of emergency has been declared for Whangārei District

It comes as MetService issued strong wind watches for Auckland and Waikato, and a heavy rain watch for Waikato.

The new warnings don’t include the Coromandel Peninsula which is already under an orange warning.

Northland’s east coast was bracing a for “lot more rain” just days after parts of the region were flooded.

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