3 1 , ▁and ▁later ▁impact ed ▁Ni ue , ▁prompt ing ▁warnings ▁there ▁from ▁December ▁ 3 0 ▁to ▁January ▁ 1 . ▁On ▁Wall is ▁Island , ▁one ▁home ▁was ▁destroyed ▁and ▁ 5 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁ban ana ▁c rop ▁was ▁lost . ▁A ▁maximum ▁of ▁ ▁of ▁rain ▁fell ▁in ▁H ih if o ▁during ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁W aka . ▁A ▁wind ▁g ust ▁of ▁ ▁and ▁sw ells ▁up ▁to ▁ ▁were ▁recorded ▁in ▁Wall is . ▁Ni ue ▁received ▁more ▁significant ▁damage , ▁experien cing ▁a ▁storm ▁sur ge ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁ ▁and ▁sea ▁sp ray ▁up ▁to ▁ ▁in land . ▁N umer ous ▁fallen ▁trees ▁and ▁power ▁lines ▁blocked ▁roads ▁and ▁left ▁southern ▁areas ▁of ▁the ▁island ▁without ▁power ▁for ▁roughly ▁six ▁hours . ▁Dam age ▁in ▁Ni ue ▁amount ed ▁to ▁US $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁After ▁moving ▁through ▁the ▁T ong an ▁islands , ▁the ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁W aka ▁brought ▁large ▁sw ells , ▁estimated ▁up ▁to ▁, ▁to ▁the ▁North ▁Island ▁of ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁Th ous ands ▁of ▁residents ▁and ▁tour ists ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁following ▁the ▁New ▁Year ' s ▁hol iday . ▁Meteor olog ists ▁war ned ▁that ▁the ▁o ce ans ▁would ▁be ▁increasing ly ▁dangerous ▁and ▁ad vised ▁people ▁not ▁to ▁vent ure ▁into ▁the ▁water . ▁Every ▁lif egu ard ▁in ▁Wh ang am ata , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁former ▁lif egu ards , ▁were