The worst of the weather should ease from late this morning in the north, but regions further south face a longer wait as a tropically-fuelled disturbance.
Strong winds have battered Auckland today as part of a weak atmospheric river washing across much of New Zealand today and tomorrow, with some parts set to.
Winter began on a settled note, but this will give way to an active weather system from the northwest by the end of the weekend. MetService predicts a switch from calm and mostly dry conditions to windy, warm, wet weather starting Sunday afternoon and .