It’s a text book La Nina set-up with the tropics exploding into life above New Zealand while large high pressure systems roll across southern and eastern parts of New Zealand.  TRN’s head weather analyst Philip Duncan says Tropical Cyclone Funa has opened a pathway for tropical air to spread down on to New Zealand, and suggests it may not be our last tropical cyclone we see this season.  “The tropics are full of action at the moment with yet another low approaching our country this weekend”.  Duncan says although this low is much smaller it still has the potential to bring strong winds, high seas and even heavy rain for some.  “While most of the country should be dry this weekend, eastern parts of the North Island, especially Gisborne, could see some heavy falls as this tropical low skirts by”.