An orange heavy rain warning for Gisborne has been extended to later on Monday evening as an atmospheric river could dump more rain on the region.
Several large slips came down overnight and it's a nervous time for farmer Jooles Utting who lives up the Waimata Valley and spent weeks cut off due to Cyclone Gabrielle.
"When it rains and there's slips and the river [rises] it's like 'oh my god it's happening all over again'. It's pretty scary because you think you're over it but you're not," she said.
Civil Defence is closely monitoring the weather situation as it unfolds and is keeping an eye on river levels as some parts of the region have had more than 220 millimetres.
"There have been some areas of surface flooding, some slips and bits and pieces," Tairawhiti Civil Defence controller Ben Green said.
It's threatening to isolate locals again.
"That slip was giving me a lot of anxiety because you never know whether you're going to get out or not," Utting said.
It's a feeling many in the region share, and Green said authorities are aware people are on edge.
"There's a lot of people in the community that are hypersensitive to the rain... they've been through quite a hard time," he said.
However, this time around there's also a slight sense of relief for farmers after a dry couple of months. Waimata Valley farmer Roger Utting said his farm could do with the moisture.
"Everyone has been talking up a dry summer so yeah we'll take what can get at the moment, we've had about 65 millimetres now and it's been perfect rain, just what we ordered," he said.
Hoping there isn't too much more to come, as this atmospheric river isn't over yet.
"We're certainly getting rain and there's yet more rain to come but we're getting gaps within that front as it comes in," Green said.
MetService has extended its orange heavy rain warning to 11pm, with the highest rainfall expected in the ranges to be about 150-250mm of rain.
Tairawhiti Civil Defence has people monitoring the situation through the night and is warning people to be careful on the roads as slips and surface flooding could be an issue.
