Two people from a group of five have died while crossing a stream at Cascades Kauri on 3 February 2018. The group was caught in a flash flood after a heavy down power on the afternoon of 3 February 2018.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11987676

A subsequent update about the drownings

https://nz.news.yahoo.com/flash-flood-deaths-awful-tragedy-police-230830169–spt.html