It's a day of two halves weather-wise with sunshine and scorching temperatures in some spots around the country while others are hit by thunderstorms.
A heatwave caused by a high hanging around to the east of the country is expected to bring a high of 26C in Alexandra and temperatures around 22C to Christchurch and Wanaka.
But as the high started to shift away, hot, wet conditions increased the likelihood of thunderstorms over inland spots like Otago as well as the bottom of the North Island.
MetService meteorologist April Clark said storms were fairly common in these kind of conditions.