A more than week-long weather set-up is on the way for NZ with low pressure stuck near Northland and high pressure parked over the Chatham Islands.

The two systems will bring windy nor’easters and easterlies to the top of the North Island for over a week, and milder northerly quarter winds to the rest of the country (although Southland has a colder southerly on Friday).

Rain and wind will peak on Friday and Saturday for northern NZ, then eases over Sunday and Monday.

But by Tuesday next week the low near Cape Reinga may still be around and may even bring wind and rain back to parts of NZ.

In Australia and the tropics it’s fairly settled with no significant weather systems passing through – although Tasmania has low pressure and a colder change next 24 hours.