A cold, wet long weekend

• Author: Julia Gabel
• Published date: 24 June 2022
• Publication title: New Zealand Herald, The (Auckland, New Zealand)

A front moves over New Zealand from the Tasman today, bringing rain to northern Aotearoa, including Auckland, and western parts of the South Island

Niwa said every region would get some rain over the Matariki weekend — but some were expected to get more than others, with much of the best weather in the east.

On Twitter, the agency said the best weather would be in the east of both islands today, in Canterbury and Northland tomorrow and across eastern and northern parts of the South Island and eastern areas of the North Island on Sunday.

MetService issued heavy rain watches for Northland, Tasman and Westland from last night through to this morning or early this afternoon.

MetService forecaster Aidan Pyselman said eastern parts of the country were in for another good day but with frosts in many places.

The front tipped to bring rain for northern and western parts of the country today moves eastward...