The next phase of the march commences up Custom St West.

The crowd waits on the road by Aotea Square for some room on Queen St to start walking

Pro-Palestine supporters gather at Aotea Square ahead of the March for Humanity.

Deputy Prime Minister was asked to leave the chamber by Speaker Gerry Brownlee after he asked a question deemed not to be in order. 🔗 nzherald.short.gy/9x99kR

Flooding in Wairau Valley on Auckland's North Shore. Video / Jonathon Edward Powell

Barbara Chapman will step down as NZME chair; Grenon's three nominees withdrawn. #HeraldPremium ebx.sh/3RZiBD

Sir Bob Jones, one of New Zealand’s most colourful and successful business figures, has died at his home in Wellington. He was aged 85. ebx.sh/NNQSva

Travellers at Wellington Airport learn that all flights are cancelled today due to wild weather. Video / Marty Melville

More flooding along SH75 in Canterbury. Video / George Heard

Flooding affecting properties in Canterbury. Video / George Heard

SH75 in Canterbury is underwater this morning as wild weather hits. Video / George Heard

An “arm of rain” that stretched out from the centre of ex-tropical Cyclone Tam dumped a deluge of water on Auckland during severe thunderstorms. Streets were swamped, cars were stranded and homes surrounded by water as up to 110mm of rain began falling just after midnight.

Car seen abandoned after major flooding near Northland's Mangamuka.

The latest on Cyclone Tam from our team out in Auckland. Stay safe out there everyone.

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Her mother wants her at St Cuth's - but her father says the school is "elitist". ebx.sh/fDWkeX

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