National Weather Summary

Christchurch Today Hi: Low: 17° 10° 7  Showers with 7kph E 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: 20° 14° Partly cloudy  Friday Hi: Low: 24° 15° Fine

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, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay Mainly fine. Brief morning showers for Northland and Coromandel Peninsula. Isolated afternoon and evening showers about the ranges of Gisborne and Hawkes Bay. Auckland to Kapiti, also Central Plateau Often cloudy. A few showers developing early morning, then clearing south of Wanganui late morning. Rain developing south of Waitomo this evening. Wairarapa, Wellington, Marlborough and Nelson Cloudy periods increasing, with rain developing from midday. Some heavy falls possible for Nelson at night. Buller and Westland Drizzle, turning to rain during the day, possiby thundery in Buller at night. Fiordland Periods of rain, clearing around midday. Canterbury Rain developing this morning, then clearing this evening. Otago and Southland Scattered rain, clearing by afternoon. Chatham Islands Showers developing this morning, then clearing this evening. click here for your national text summary and Long Range Forecast