More heavy rain on the way this week
Many in the North Island will be spending the public holiday indoors as rain is forecast.
Many in the North Island will be spending the public holiday indoors as rain is forecast.
Large parts of New Zealand are shaping up for a Christmas cracker.
Gusts reached up to 120km/h in Wellington yesterday.
Storms have dislodged deadly scorpions into houses in the lower Nile.
Wet weather is set to dampen Halloween plans as October draws to an end.
"There's a lot of pressure to modify floodplains and create housing" - Auckland Council.
More heavy rain is expected until this afternoon.
Civil Defence says people should be ready to evacuate despite level 4.
Rain is expected to hit most of the country tomorrow, and it will be heavy in parts.
Doesn't happen often, but minimal risk to New Zealand for now.
Six minutes shy of the gloomiest November, summer promises warmth for Wellingtonians.
More rain has fallen in Taranaki in the last day than all of last November.
Auckland could get falls of 25mm of rain an hour today.
Get the umbrellas out - rain is on the way.
Some parts of the North Island could reach mid-20s today.
Time to put on the summer sheets - overnight temperatures could be much warmer than usual.
'In places with snow and forecasted southwesterlies it will get pretty heinous.'
A rapidly deepening low has hit with heavy rain, gales, snow - and cold temperatures.
Rain will hit the country from Tuesday and see out the week.
Blanketing the country, cloud is on the cards until next week.
Power is off as the latest storm whips up violent winds sending branches and trees flying.
Christchurch and Mt Cook were the coldest spots this morning, dropping to -3C.
Above-average rainfall won't save Auckland's drought.
Four snow warnings have been issued across the country.
Severe weather warnings are in place for much of the North Island.
Fine and sunny skies will darken from Thursday, with plummeting temperatures expected.
Temperatures will fall as low as 1C in parts of the South Island on Tuesday night.
The winds are gusting up to 78km/h on the bridge.
Rain, rain has gone away, and hot and fine weather is here to stay
John's next two Auckland concerts are now in doubt.