New Zealand is starting to show signs of drying out a wet start and middle to the year. It’s definitely not a major concern for most regions but some pockets may be a little too dry for this time of the year.

Not everyone will agree though, with rain events recently in places like Hawke’s Bay making that region wetter than average for mid September.

Generally speaking many places have average to drier than average weather coming in the next week ahead, despite a big cool down.

Here’s our latest poll: