Travel chaos: Air NZ cancels 35 flights as severe storm hits
Heavy rain is expected to lash the West Coast all week.
Heavy rain is expected to lash the West Coast all week.
Temperatures set to soar on Wednesday.
A week of great weather looks to be nearing to a close as summer officially starts.
It'll be a mostly fine day for many in New Zealand, but rain is around the corner.
A low is making its way up from Southern Ocean and is due to hit early next week.
The weather is set to be fine all week, with a slight blip on Wednesday settling by Friday
New Zealand gets beautiful sunsets, high temperatures as Australia burns.
There is a number of heavy rain and strong wind watches and warnings for the South Island.
Most of the northern and eastern coast of the North Island will enjoy a sunny weekend.
Heavy thunderstorms with epic hail hit Auckland's eastern coast, Thames and Coromandel.
Stormy cold front passing over NZ brings wild weather, overnight lows forecast to drop.
Heavy rain and possible thunderstorms could be on the way for Bay of Plenty and Gisborne.
Sky-watchers in South Island see sky turn red, with dust refracting light.
The weather should be mostly fine for the opening gig of U2's stint in Auckland.
Showers and rain expected to hit all major centres this weekend.
The country has basked in the sun for the past week but all will change this weekend.
Kawerau continued it's scorching temperatures today, hitting 33C.
And Mitre10 MEGA walk organisers advise people to slip, slop, slap and wrap on Sunday.
Expect a mainly fine day for much of the North Island today.
Temperatures are forecast to hit 30C in Blenheim next Sunday.
As usual it's a mixed bag weather-wise, with heat for some, and rain for others.
Some areas will have temperatures 8C above average, MetService says.
Wild weather is due to hit the South Island by this afternoon before moving north.
"It's not a safe week for boaties anywhere in the eastern Tasman Sea area or Cook Strait."
Spring will again show its sleight of hand on NZ weather conditions.
A low pressure system brings rain to much of the country today.
Heavy rain warnings remain in parts of the North Island, but it will ease to showers.
MetService issued a number of severe-weather warnings.
Vector is on standby as heavy rains and strong winds are due to hit the North Island.