Hi Jim, I only saw it on the news, it was about 20k's from my house and it finished about 2 k's from my work. It killed 2 and injured over 20, some very seriously.
By American standards it was very small and very localised, but it is very unusual to have a Tornado in NZ, the last one that did any damage was 20 years ago.
I have not heard from Jeff but I presume at that time of day he would have been at work and that is in the centre of Auckland, so he should be fine.
Thanks for the prayers Jim, we are of course keeping those that died or were hurt in our thoughts and prayers.
All the best.
Mike