High pressure continues to dominate NZ’s weather as a tropical cyclone forms in the Coral Sea today. The cyclone, which may not even be named due to its short-lived nature up near Cairns, may end up drifting towards the upper North Island mid-next week, but high pressure in the NZ area may rip the low apart. We show you the latest tracking.

A colder change on Sunday in the South Island will move into the North Island on Monday – but isn’t looking too significant for most places, especially with high pressure still dominating much of the weather around NZ going into next week.

The tropical storm near Queensland today may well reform into a new low pressure system next week as it drifts down towards NZ – but high pressure in the NZ area may hold it away from us.

We also have a 7 day rainfall map to make sense of where any showers will likely be.