Polluted flood water could pose a health risk for several days and it could be longer before some people can go home.
Labour says the infrastructure funding has been too long coming.
Four trampers have been flown off the popular walk.
Figures show that just 65 percent of medical staff at District Health Boards are immunised against the flu this year.
It had flooded three times in nine years, "but this is the worst by far".
Among the spectators was family of dead Head Hunter's gang member Connor Morris.
Her voice trembled as she spoke about the "difficult decisions" people make on low incomes.
The vehicle left the scene without stopping, but left behind some vital information.
Mr Johnson arrives in the country today.
The focus is now cleaning up and repairs.
"What really worries me is that cancer care can be a 'post code' lottery," Mr Little said.
Mike King believes it's allowing youth to confront politicians.
She died at the scene and the death is being referred to the Coroner.
Mr King spoke about the issue on TVNZ1's Q+A this morning.
The MetService has issued a severe weather warning for the areas.
Labour's Transport spokeswoman Sue Moroney says we need to have a very public conversation.
Two century-old scores by famous English composer Gustav Holst have been found in Tauranga.
The roads along the Heathcote River are likely to remain flooded.
The trampers spent the night in a hut along with Search and Rescue Volunteers.
Event organises aim to target Kiwi scepticism at Chinese developers.
Contractors are treating the roads, however they are also busy with flood-related work.
Heavy rain pounded the lower South Island causing havoc.
A winter storm dropped more than twice of the average July rain within 24-hours.
GNS Science is working with decades worth of data to develop an early warning system.
An organised boxing fight aimed at keeping gang violence off the streets has been labelled a success by police and gang members alike.
Torrential rain saw rivers burst their banks, flooding farmland, roads, homes and businesses.
Prime Minister Bill English was only too keen to help out his Hutt South candidate Chris Bishop.
"I'll do whatever I can to protect them," the State Services Minister says.
Family members found Scott John Henry dead from a gunshot wound.
