Wild weather is expected to batter much of the country this weekend, just as summer is meant to be kicking into gear.
MetService has issued a severe weather warning as a front over the Tasman Sea moved over Fiordland overnight tonight.
It is then expected to move over much of the South Island tomorrow morning and then onto the North Island in the afternoon.
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The front brings with it strong north-westerly winds with heavy rain in the west and gales in the east, MetService warned.