Subtropical and north-west winds will help boost temperatures around NZ both by day and night followed a colder couple of mornings around the nation as we head towards Thursday and Friday.

By Friday PM a cold front moves into the South Island and clears east of the country on Saturday, allowing for a windier south-west change over New Zealand. It’s not a major cold front, but it will rest temperatures after the warmer Thursday and warm start to Friday.

Those winds ease further for many places on Sunday and high pressure again dominates NZ’s weather in most regions as we kick off Monday next week.