A powerful high pressure zone will continue to affect NZ’s weather well through next week, but NZ is a bit in limbo between the exiting high and a storm forming in the Tasman Sea, closer to Australia.

The low is not yet forecast to hit NZ but it may still bring us wind and rain next week, in part due to the nearby high. The high – which broke NZ’s 135 previous high air pressure record this week – will remain to our east for all of next week and may complicate the timing of rain, and where rain might fall.

Meanwhile Australia’s ski fields have a number of days of natural snow coming – but NZ looks drier and milder for now. We have a detailed forecast covering rain, snow, frosts, wind and temperatures – and a 7 day rainfall map for NZ.