Apologies for the lack of further updates here, but we've been deployed to the National Crisis Management Centre, and I've been far too busy to be able to update here. It's dominating the news, so turning on the radio will get you up to date information.

Porirua City Council has several staff rostered on to help at the NCMC over the next few days, and our building inspectors and drainage teams, and Red Cross team are all on standby, ready to help.

Our thoughts go out to those affected.