I went through and looked at the 24hr forecasts for Sunday for Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Gisborne, and based on Metservice's own forecasts it is hard to see why there are red and orange warnings in so many places. And why the media continues with headlines of torrential rain, gusts up to 140km and describing it as a multi-hazard, life threatening event.
When a real storm comes, it is just creating a 'cry wolf' scenario
Whangarei
Auckland
Hamilton
Tauranga
Gisborne