Some areas will have temperatures 8C above average, MetService says.

MetService Weather Christchurch: October 26th.

MetService Weather Wellington: October 26th.

MetService Weather Auckland: October 26th.

MetService Weather National: October 25th - 28th.

The weather forecast is mostly dry for the long weekend.

MetService Weather Auckland: October 24th.

MetService Weather Christchurch: October 24th.

MetService Weather Wellington: October 24th.

Gale force winds and heavy rain will ease this evening, but it will linger till Friday.

Auckland streets feeding on and off the motorway remain closed due to fire.

MetService Weather Wellington: October 23rd.

MetService Weather National: October 23rd - 24th.

MetService Weather Christchurch: October 23rd.

MetService Weather Auckland: October 23rd.

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."

MetService Weather Wellington: October 22nd.

MetService Weather Auckland: October 22nd.

Spring will again show its sleight of hand on NZ weather conditions.

MetService Weather Auckland: October 19th.

MetService Severe Weather: October 18th - 19th.

MetService Weather National: October 18th - 20th.

MetService Weather Christchurch: October 19th.

MetService Weather Wellington: October 19th.

A low pressure system brings rain to much of the country today.

MetService Severe Weather: October 17th - 19th

MetService Weather Auckland: October 18th

MetService Weather National: October 17th - 19th

MetService Weather Wellington: October 18th