A somewhat wintry snap is moving up over the country although most places have average temperatures today.

Snow is in the mountains and some lower level snow flurries around Southland and Otago – but accumulations won’t be much lower down or towards the east where it will be significantly drier.

A surge of gales around Auckland, Northland and Coromandel Peninsula today as well.

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