There is plenty of heavy rain around NZ – it’s just not over our country. Low pressure zones surround NZ to the north, east and west but high pressure crossing us will keep most places dry until Friday or the weekend.

West Coast rain is forecast and showers into both main islands.

Meanwhile over in Australia rain eases in NSW but looks to return to QLD, hopefully with rainfall numbers that aren’t going to cause so many flood problems – but still another area of rain to monitor.