A grim week is in store for storm-battered New Zealand with more deluges set to drench the country and a threat of a tropical cyclone bearing down at Easter.
It may be a fine weekend but it will be short lived with weather models showing northern and central New Zealand in the firing line for days of heavy rain fuelled by moist sub-tropical air.
Hard on its heels a tropical cyclone, which is starting to form north-east of Vanuatu, may be headed to our shores in time for next weekend and the start of the school holidays.
Weatherwatch.co.nz is describing the week leading up to Easter as another serious week for the country with the potential for more significant rain and the risk of further slips and flooding.
Niwa meteorologist Ben Noll said the next storm was due to hit Tuesday and continue through the middle of the week.