The weather system has claimed 11 lives and caused widespread damage across the North Island, hitting the farming, wine and fruit region of Hawke's Bay on the east coast particularly hard.
Hawke's Bay Urban Search and Rescue team leader Ken Cooper told TVNZ's Breakfast show that search and rescue conditions were arduous.
"It's something that I've never seen before, very challenging for our search crews and the community," he said. "However, it's the responsibility of our crews and we'll carry out those searches to the best of our ability."Search and rescue teams, together with police and dog units, were searching several remote communities on Thursday, Mr Cooper said.
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