Kiwi kids will be able to race outdoors and hunt Easter eggs this morning as most of the country enjoys a partly cloudy but dry long weekend Sunday.
However, Auckland, Northland and the East Coast can expect a wet turn by Easter Monday that could keep holidaymakers inside and make for greasy conditions for those returning home on the roads.
Wellingtonians and South Islanders, meanwhile, can expect today's cloudy weather to fine up by tomorrow as the sky breaks out into longer periods of blue, the MetService said
Looking further ahead into the school holidays, the rain expected to hit the country mid- week should clear in most parts of the nation by the Anzac Day long weekend.