Rising floodwaters have forced homeowners and holiday-makers to evacuate in Otago and Canterbury, where rivers have burst their banks and torrential rain has washed out roads.
Up to six homes have been damaged after a tornado ripped through northern townships of the Wellington region this lunchtime.
In Auckland, meanwhile, speed
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“That doesn’t mean there won’t be snow, there could well be a weather system that dumps a lot just before the school holidays, and that’s what people end up remembering.” However, Noll said South Canterbury’s long range outlook leading to the end of July was for average to above-average temperatures, and average to below-average rainfall. “That’s not to say there won’t be cold snaps, but they’re likely to be short-lived,” he said. Skifield operators spoken to by
Stuff were largely optimistic about the coming season.
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George Empson s image, from Wednesday, of the first 2021 snow in the Mackenzie.