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“I didn t even get out of the car because I thought it was going to be cold,” Needs said. The snow had reached as low as Tahurangi Lodge at 1500 metres and was the result of the southerly weather system moving up the country, he said. Supplied/Stuff Rob Needs, of Taranaki Mountain Shuttles, said he could feel the chill while at the North Egmont Visitors Centre on Sunday morning. Dawson Falls Mountain Lodge manager Dean Kira said he couldn’t see the snow when he arrived at 9am because of the low cloud but knew the temperature had fallen. “It was certainly cold this morning. It still feels cold now,” Kira said about 12.30pm. ....