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Flood Room Live is deactivated. For information on current river levels, flows and rainfall accumulations, please visit our Environmental Data Hub.

Severe weather - parts of the Waikato region

Updated at 1pm on Saturday, 5 April 2025

Situation

The risk of widespread heavy rain has now passed with all severe weather watches and warnings ended for the region. As a result, our staff are confident that Flood Room Live can now move to deactivated.

The region has experienced moderate to heavy rainfall over the past few days, with the greatest rainfall accumulation occurring in the Coromandel Peninsula, east of the region along the Kaimai Ranges and north of Taupō.

As a result, we saw rivers in these areas rise slightly, however these are all receding as of Saturday morning. The image below shows rainfall readings for the past seven days at rain gauges across the region. View river level and rainfall data on our Environmental Data Hub.

Image - map of the Waikato region showing the rainfall volumes at Waikato Regional Council gauges.

MetService forecast

Changes to the weather can occur, so please keep up-to-date with the latest forecasts. For national severe weather information, MetService is New Zealand’s only authorised provider of Severe Weather Alerts.

The weather for the week ahead looks favorable, with a few showers likely Sunday evening and Tuesday which our response staff will be monitoring.

Likely/potential Impacts

Rivers and lakes

Rivers will continue to recede throughout today.

However, the recent rainfall has been welcomed across the region, especially considering the prolonged dry spell we’ve experienced lately.

We saw no issues with coastal overtopping across our coastal areas, and no issues with land instability in our high country either.

Waikato Regional Council flood and drainage schemes

Waikato Regional Council managed flood infrastructure has withstood the recent weather, with no issues reported. Our local operations staff will continue to monitor flood schemes and manage drainage schemes.