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![Wine and dine for a good cause: Chefs and winemakers team up for cyclone relief](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Wine and dine for a good cause: Chefs and winemakers team up for cyclone relief
Auckland's Andiamo, Wellington's Shed 5 and Queenstown's Jervois Steak House are involved.
![MetService National weather: March 22nd - 24th](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
MetService National weather: March 22nd - 24th
MetService National weather: March 22nd - 24th
![Ferry sailings cancelled, Wellingtonians urged to stay home as 5-metre waves batter coast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Ferry sailings cancelled, Wellingtonians urged to stay home as 5-metre waves batter coast
Parts of Christchurch are also without power due to high winds.
![Watch: Dunedin wild weather cuts power and blocks roads](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Watch: Dunedin wild weather cuts power and blocks roads
Dunedin wild weather cuts power and blocks roads. Video / Gregor Richardson, ODT
![Tornado rips through South Island town as wild weather hits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Tornado rips through South Island town as wild weather hits
Wild weather has battered parts of central and southern areas of the country overnight.
![Weather: Wind, rain and snow to batter South Island, lower North Island](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Weather: Wind, rain and snow to batter South Island, lower North Island
There are weather warnings spanning much of the lower half of the country.
![Varied week of Whanganui weather ahead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Varied week of Whanganui weather ahead
Overnight temperatures are expected to drop into single digits this week.
!['It's going to be a bit gnarly out there': Wild weather hits NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
'It's going to be a bit gnarly out there': Wild weather hits NZ
Most of the country will be hammered by rough weather today.
![The polar blast set to send temperatures plummeting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
The polar blast set to send temperatures plummeting
Autumn temperatures are about to get very cold in parts of the country.
![Hawke's Bay Civil Defence boss was on leave for tramping trip when cyclone hit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Hawke's Bay Civil Defence boss was on leave for tramping trip when cyclone hit
Ian Macdonald was 'out of mobile coverage'.
![Weather: Heavy rain and high winds on the way](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Weather: Heavy rain and high winds on the way
Batten down the hatches if you're in the South Island.
![Hundreds dead as Cyclone Freddy wrecks Malawi and Mozambique](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Hundreds dead as Cyclone Freddy wrecks Malawi and Mozambique
Rare second landfall brings heavy rains that trigger floods and mudslides.
![Cyclone Gabrielle: How did climate change worsen our century’s worst weather disaster?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Cyclone Gabrielle: How did climate change worsen our century’s worst weather disaster?
Big deluges now up to four times more likely, with up to 30% more rain, in East Coast.