But it is far from over or resolved.
The News has the Hawkes Bay Drought ended and after several days with rainfall totalling over two inches (50 ml) over several days yes it has rained but the real story has many issues unresolved.
Similar if you will for the Little dancing princess celebrating the run of good news on the Covid war footing. That is now here, and across the world just a little precious as Covid gathers a new momentum and of course clearly most NZ citizens are still totally unaware of the costs of that little charade.
The same goes for the Most devastating dry in settled history for The Bay as that cost will continue to impact for months and in some instances years to come.
Capital stock reduced considerably, pastures to recover or be renewed, and tightened wallets across rural areas will impact income streams for many for some time.
Of course a long stretch to think any MSM Journalists ( advisedly) will ever understand those facts of life.
No Minister 
Good rain GD but at least two months too late despite very mild days over the last week or so. Our car showed 17 degrees mid afternoon yesterday and very similar most of last week with today possibly even exceeding that by the feel of things so far.
Example. Waikato Times today 28 pages tabloid..When I was on it Tuesdays would normally be 24-26 pages broadsheet.How the mighty have fallen
Woodlouse said he would chase this down.https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/urban-myth-homeless-man-who-allegedly-snuck-into-five-star-quarantine-facility-cannot-be-verified-dr-bloomfield/ar-BB15QNwf?li=BBqdk7Q&ocid=mailsignout