New Zealand faced some freezing temperatures during the last week and there is more unsettled weather on the way, says the MetService.
Tomorrow,there is a high confidence that rainfall accumulations will exceed warning amounts about eastern Bay of Plenty and northern Gisborne, with northeast gales about central and western parts of the North Island south of Auckland and north of Manawatu. Watches are currently in force.
Meanwhile, southerlies over the lower South Island bring rain and the moderate risk of warning amounts about southern Fiordland, Southland, Clutha and Dunedin about and south of the Peninsula.
Strong cold southerlies will spread over the country during Wednesday and Thursday.