A front is fairly slow moving across the lower North Island on Wednesday, weakening in the evening. Not much happening for the South Island, a southerly airflow keeps conditions cloudy in the east and brighter out west.

For the upper North Island expect mostly cloudy weather, some sun possible for Northland and perhaps Auckland at times. The odd light shower possible for the Waikato and Bay Of Plenty.

Some rain for Taranaki down through to Kapiti then easing late afternoon / evening. The east coast sees some high cloud, a few showers spread northwards in the afternoon with a southwest change.

The South Island sees mainly cloudy skies in the east, the odd drizzle patch possible. Sunnier conditions out west.

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– Aaron Wilkinson, WeatherWatch.co.nz