”[It’s] humid and warm now, but [the] cold weather is basically hot on its heels. “A lot of the South Island will notice a quite large temperature jump when considering Monday versus Tuesday,” Ferris said.
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Frost is expected to blanket much of the South Island throughout the week. (File photo) Timaru is likely to drop below freezing on Thursday – Ferris forecast -1C for the town, which is 4C below average. The system then moves “pretty swiftly” up the island to land just shy of Wellington by midnight. The capital will go from a forecast high of 18C on Tuesday down to 14C on Wednesday, and further down to 12C on Thursday.
Mother s Day weather: Temperatures to soar across South Island, new May record possible
7 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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MetService National weather: May 7th - 9th.
NZ Herald
A scorching Mother s Day is in store for Sunday, when the mercury could reach record May levels.
An unseasonably hot weekend is forecast for the South Island.
Christchurch is expected to reach a sweltering 25C. The previous record high for the city in May is 27.4C.
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A large trough of low pressure is forecast to move east over New Zealand from the Tasman Sea on Saturday through to Tuesday, bringing strong northwesterlies and periods of heavy northerly rain to western parts of the South Island.
The Country - Anzac Day edition
23 Apr, 2021 01:30 AM
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The Country
Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay looked forward to commemorating Anzac Day on Sunday, by playing some wartime classics.
On with the show:
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Alison Shanks:
We caught up with the new brand ambassador for the Spring Sheep Milk Company. We asked how a former world champion cyclist ended up championing sheep milk?
Don Carson:
The PR Man for the NZ Forest Owners Association reflected on Anzac Day and a colourful critic of The Country.
Tim Myers:
In the absence of his brand ambassador Smiley Barrett, the chief executive of Norwood talked about a challenging supply chain for farm machinery and what Anzac Day meant to him.