Heavy rain and downpours continue today across parts of the upper North Island – like Bay of Plenty – and further down the island too, but has mostly eased in Auckland and Northland.

The week-long-system is finally going to clear NZ on Thursday and by Friday.

This long weekend a stormy system from Tasmania is heading to the South Island – the good news for the upper North Island is it may only bring a few showers on Monday – nothing substantial at this stage either.

We take a look at the current conditions and upcoming weather to Monday across NZ and parts of Australia and the tropics.

Don’t forget, our ClimateWatch update is also out this afternoon – covering FEB, MARCH and APRIL’s general trends.