A wet autumn and a settled start to winter has led to frequent fog.

Heavy rain continuing to lash the Bay of Plenty has caused a slip.

Fog restrictions put in place by Auckland Airport at 7.23am have now been lifted.

A spectacular clear night has led to sub-zero temperatures across New Zealand.

A spectacular clear night has led to sub-zero temperatures across New Zealand.

The council is keeping a close eye on the river's water levels after recent downpours.

Bay of Plenty and Gisborne will continue to be hammered by bad weather tonight.

The "severe" cyclone is expected to batter Vanuatu with winds up to 130km/h.

After April's deluge, rainfall between now and July is set to be closer to normal.

Fire and police are dealing with calls to flooding, downed trees and power lines.

People were packing their trolleys with non-perishables, food, and bottled water.

Enjoy the sun while you can, rain is back from Wednesday

The big wet has arrived with a vengeance, and it's not done with New Zealand yet.

Waharau community will be isolated by landslip and bridge closure.

Cyclone Debbie looked like "garbage" until one factor made a storm-chaser take notice.

Batten down the hatches, another southern storm bears down on the country.

Holiday makers heading for the beach today are being warned about big swells down the East Coast.

Bad weather is hammering the West Coast and drifting north today.

A wetter summer season is on the cards for the upper North Island - but that doesn't mean people should go cancelling their Coromandel holiday plans.

A front made its icy way up the country, bringing with it snow, sleet and freezing cold temperatures with winds of up to 120km/h.

The sodden north is cleaning up after yesterday's rain, but more is expected today.

While some areas can expect showers, many places will be bathed in sunshine as we welcome daylight savings.

More than 400 people were evacuated from flood-hit homes in lower North Island towns across Taranaki, Horowhenua, Manawatu, Rangitikei and Whanganui over the weekend.

New Zealanders have been smashed by cold and wet weather with parts of the country blanketed in snow.

Ski fields around the country are experiencing their first rounds of snowfall for the year and some could be in for a snowier season than last year.

Wild weather which caused havoc across the North Island this week has made way for cooler temperatures and southerly winds.

Police said the body of the 80-year-old man was found near a car submerged in water, with its keys in the ignition, in the Lower Hutt suburb of Petone.

Sunnier skies are expected for many next week, but Wellington has been warned of more heavy rain in the next day - another test for Wellington’s infrastructure.

The lobby group had lodged an appeal over whether the Northland Regional Council had jurisdiction under the Resource Management Act to ban the outdoor use of GMO matter.

The Metservice says it will have to change its rain gauge at Haast because it is “not responding well to periods of heavy rain”.