Wet weather along with a windier, cooler, change is moving across NZ today and tonight, dropping the muggy humidity around the North Island and bring a drop in temperatures nationwide as we go into Wednesday.

By Thursday high pressure expands over the country, lingering into the weekend for most regions – we explain which places may still have a few showers and temperature changes, with southern parts of the South Island most exposed to some weak cold fronts.

Considering how unsettled NZ’s weather has been over the past two months, and despite the low pressure zone crossing the country tonight, we do see a generally more settled weather pattern over the next week or two.