Things are warming up around the country as we head into the weekend – after a chillier week than we’ve become accustomed to!

Most of the North Island will start the day very warm indeed – hovering in the mid to late teens well before lunchtime – while in the South Island, temperatures are up too.

Nowhere down south is looking too chilly at all – with only Invercargill and the deep south really looking under double figures.

– Philip Duncan & Drew Chappell, WeatherWatch.co.nz