More volatile weather's on the way for the north of the country.
There are weather watches in force for several areas laden with gales, thunder and lightning.
It follows a dramatic afternoon in the north.
A man was killed by a falling tree in Tinopai, on the Kaipara Harbour, while a bolt of lightning struck Dargaville Hospital, blowing out windows in the maternity ward.
There were three car crashes on Auckland's northern motorway - and a man died in hospital after being hit by a truck in the central city around six.
International flights were diverted and some domestic ones had short delays coming into Auckland as the thunderstorms struck the city.
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