Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playPeople manage to find a silver lining in everything - including the downpour ripping across Auckland. A person has been stopped wakeboarding on a road after extreme flooding hit Remuera. A police spokeswoman said police stopped the wakeboarder who was being towed by a car in ankle-deep water on Portland Rd. She said the dip in the street created the perfect puddle around 30cm deep that the boys were skidding into. They were trapped in their car due to floodwater, the police spokeswoman said.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 10, 2017 06:10 UTC