Hi from a very wet North of the South Island. We've had torrential rain here, which resulted in the back of my house and the garage being flooded! None actually got in the house since I was able to make a dam in the garage before the water reached the step into the house. I spent a couple of hours digging ditches and making dams in the rain to divert the gathering waters. All the drains down the drive had filled with dirt and silt and so the waters washed part of the drive way away! Have spent the last two days filling in holes and digging out water channels of silt.
We have a bank behind the house and water usually flows down channels dug for that purpose, but a misplaced pile of bricks by the next door neighbour diverted the water past the channel and into our garage! Needless to say the bricks have been moved! The road a mile from us was closed as well due to slips. Thankfully the rain has stopped now.