It's another anxious night on the East Coast as heavy rain sets in, yet again sparking further evacuations and more flooding.
Tairāwhiti Gisborne remains in a state of emergency, the region's third this year alone, and its red heavy rain warning continues until Sunday.
The severe weather unfolding in Tairāwhiti is another cruel blow for farmers who are already struggling after a difficult year.
Gisborne farmers on Friday were trying to make the best of a bad situation.
"The paddocks [are] too wet, we can't get on them to get the product in the ground really, pretty simple," said local farmer Matt.
The region can't catch a break after two cyclones this year, and now a red heavy rain warning is in place until Sunday.
The state of emergency is feeling very real for farmers like Matt, desperate to drain their paddocks.
"We're just trying to save what we can, keep the cost of production down, I suppose because we're going to get to a point when costs are going to go through the roof."
On Friday, Countdown released a statement warning key produce suppliers are facing issues getting goods out of Tairāwhiti and customers may see shortages of salads, broccoli and mandarins.
It's not just produce getting hit hard by the rain.
"What we're seeing here behind me is land that's had enough," said Federated Farmers Gisborne president Toby Williams.
Slips have not just torn through roading and closed every state highway out of Gisborne, it's made farming sheep and cows near impossible.
Not only can you hear the water trickling out of one hillside Newshub visited, but what looks like solid ground is actually oozy sludge.
It's fatigue that's deep-rooted in Tairāwhiti; rising river levels have forced dozens of evacuations in the last 24 hours and locals have had enough.
"It's been going on for quite a long time," one local told Newshub.
"From Cyclone Gabrielle and Hale - already have trauma responses," said another.
"Got a trip on Monday, won't be able to make, it's just terrible."
"The weather is f**king terrible," another said.
Sheep have been moved to higher ground because the paddocks where they should graze are more suited to swans.
"Farmers are feeling really tough [sic], finding it really hard and it's OK to not be OK," said Williams.
Williams told Newshub at a time like this people have got to look after each other and call their neighbours.
And with more bad weather to come, all farmers can do is "keep rolling, just keep rolling with the blows", Matt said.
Blows the Tairāwhiti community are finding harder to stomach.
