A cold front is today moving up the South Island, falling apart over the North Island going into Friday/Saturday. On Sunday an even colder change will move up NZ, dropping temperatures going into Monday and making for a cooler/colder Tuesday morning.

While all of this is happening a tropical low will be exiting the tropics, and likely will remain north-east of NZ as it passes by early next week. For now it poses no real threat to New Zealand, but is one to keep an eye on.

Next week, warmer, drier, weather moves back in as high pressure grows again – lifting temperatures following the colder/cooler start to the week.

+ We have a 7 day rainfall map to make sense of it all.

**SMALL ERROR** – Please note on the Monday map Phil accidently says “eastern Northland” instead of “western Northland” with regards to where the driest weather should be.