The Trump administration has relaunched COVID-19 health websites, blaming the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China and criticising former president Joe Biden.

Emergency services were called to Mill Road in Haumoana just after 10.30 this morning. The road remains closed and a diversion is in place via Tukituki and Waimarama Roads.

Mayor Grant Smith says residents want Lundy to stay away. He says the condition needs to remain because people don't forget.

The warning covers from Kumeu to Albany and the North Shore. It warns it could bring torrential rain, causing surface or flash flooding about streams, gullies and urban areas. The warning is in effect ...