High pressure lies north of the country and to some degree over us keeping skies mostly dry, and winds fairly light. Tuesday is a fairly average day across the New Zealand and Wednesday looks fairly similar.

But as we head towards Thursday and Friday a nor’wester will kick in – then a burst of heavy rain for the West Coast, some spillover into Canterbury and wind, rain, showers then sun for the North Island.

Full details for the rest of the working week with Philip Duncan from CountryTV – Sky Channel 081: