If you thought it was especially cold this morning, you're not wrong.
Tauranga temperatures dropped to as low at 0C by 6am today.
Metservice temperatures crept to 1C by 7.30am today and a forecast high of 12C with fine skies is expected - one of the coolest days of winter for the Bay so far this year.
A polar blast has swept through New Zealand, bringing snow to much of the central North Island, prompting slips and road closures.
This morning a large slip had come down across State Highway 2 East in the Bay of Plenty 4km south of Taneautua.