National Weather Summary

Christchurch Tonight Hi: Low: 11° 9° 9  Showers with 9kph ENE winds For detailed forecast click here Move your mouse pointer over towns for local forecasts & click for details

Click above for North & South Island Weather  Tomorrow Hi: Low: 14° 6° Showers  Saturday Hi: Low: 19° 9° Partly cloudy

Local Area Forecasts
Alexandra Ashburton Auckland Bay of Islands Blenheim Christchurch Dannevirke Dargaville Dunedin Gisborne	Gore Greymouth Hamilton Hastings Hokitika Hutt City Invercargill Kaikoura Kaitaia Levin	Masterton Motueka Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Paihia Palmerston North Paraparaumu Queenstown	Reefton Rotorua Russell Taumarunui Taupo Tauranga Te Kuiti Thames Timaru Tokoroa	Waihi Wanaka Wanganui Wellington Westport Whakatane Whangarei Click a town for detailed forecasts
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National Short Range Summary

Northland, Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula Isolated showers clearing Friday morning, then mostly fine. Bay of Plenty and Gisborne Periods of rain with heavy falls east of Whakatane and North of Tolaga Bay, clearing early morning. Waikato to Kapiti, including the central plateau Outbreaks of rain or showers. Fine spells increasing tomorrow with showers becoming confined to the west. Hawkes Bay to North Canterbury, also Wellington Rain becoming persistent tonight, with heavy falls about Wairarapa. A change to showers tomorrow morning, then clearing. Remainder of Canterbury, Otago and Southland Areas of low cloud, and some coastal drizzle night and morning. Becoming mostly fine tomorrow, but some afternoon showers about the ranges. Nelson and the West Coast Becoming cloudy overnight with scattered showers. Chatham Islands Rain developing in the morning. click here for your national text summary and Long Range Forecast