The weekend looks a little cooler in some parts of New Zealand, with afternoon temperatures falling out of the late teens and early 20s range for some regions.

The east of the North Island remains the warmest part of the country – by far – though, as the weekend will see consistently high temperatures in eastern regions there.

By the start of next week, however, the large high pressure system we’ve seen dominate our weather looks like sticking around a little longer…

Saturday

Sunday

– Philip Duncan & Drew Chappell, WeatherWatch.co.nz