Dry for most of the North Island today, showers about Hawkes Bay and Gisborne ease then clear around midday. A cold front pushes northwards over the South Island, mainly the second half of the day with heavy rain in the west and a showery southwest change in the east reaching Canterbury in the evening.

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By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz