We have the first map for March and the lead up for the end of February shows high pressure is in charge.

We will have a few showers in the mix though, they are fairly isolated in the upper North Island from Wednesday to Friday but a few hit and miss downpours.

The West Coast has some rain later this week and a burst of strong west to north west winds up to about the lower North Island.

March 1 kicks off with more high pressure – but we are seeing some changes as we head into March to the belt of high pressure that has been affecting NZ since the start of the year.