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Very heavy snow on Mt Te Aroha, eastern Waikato.  Snow levels estimated to be 300 to 500m / Ian Duncan

This is a photo of my daughter, Gaby, in the snow for the first time ever / Emma Oakden

Photo of snow at Townshend Crescent Halswell (outside our house) taken about 2am after it had just stopped snowing / Gary Garner

Snow to sea level in Eastbourne (Wellington) 10pm Sunday / Darren Schollum

Rangiora, so tranquil out there. Lovin the day off work 🙂 / Monique Johnson ·

The highest 1.5km of Auckland’s highest road, Scenic Drive (380 to 405 metres above sea level), looking a little white on the morning of Monday 25th July 2011. This was the result of regular sleet falls during the morning, and in fact at dawn it was a lot whiter than this. Wasn’t quite falling as snow, but not regular hail either. Sleet is very rare in and around Auckland / Geoff Blackmore

Christchurch this morning 🙂 / Donna Bee

Stratford, Taranaki / Katy Flintoff

Snow at my place in St. Albans / Rachel Jennings

Hills behind Levin this morning / Andrew Blair

Luke planking in the snow / Sal Hayes

Sal Hayes

Sal Hayes

Jim loves the snow! Christchurch. Consistent 10cm across the ground, some places thicker / Jacob Chubb

this is why pretty much all of chch is closed… taken on Blenheim rd across from Tower Junction about 8.30am / Cait Donaldson

My cats first taste of the snow…she was fascinated with it! / Sharalee Devereux

 Blue Mountains Road, Upper Hutt / Adrian McBrydie

Snow on the hills in Acacia Bay, Taupo as seen from across the lake in town / Daniel Leonard

Ellie Whyte

Neighbour’s kids who had never seen snow like it before… first thing on the agenda? Snowball fight! / Ellie Whyte

Here in Queenstown it is snowing still… I live in Dalefield and there is 7cm of snow in my yard and the driveway is deeper. I a pen in the snow to c how deep and it came up 3/4 of the pen. Will not go into work today am not good in driving in snow / Periena Martin