‘Weather’ in New Zealand

Last night …

“A record amount of rain had fallen on Auckland in 24 hours - by 1am, the region had recorded 249mm of rain, smashing the previous 24-hour record of 161.8mm, back in February 1985. And monthly records have also been broken - the wettest January recorded at the Auckland Airport weather station until now was in 1986 with 20cm”

💬 The Met Office

The warnings started at 3pm - and it took Wayne Brown another 4 hours to issue a ‘shelter in place’ advisory - just before Elton John was taking the stage for his final tour …

Colossal failure of leadership in the mayors office — the nature of Brown is money first .. I wonder if he will be held to account?