High pressure bringing settled weather and colder nights/mornings will cross over NZ over the next few days – and as it departs on Sunday and Monday it will drag in a windy but mild north to north west flow.

Heavy rain will firstly cross Australia’s south and south east before reaching western NZ early next week – with the northerly flow allowing it to linger for days.

Australia has a colder change after the Southern Ocean storm tracks by (over the next few days) with next week kicking off cooler for most main centres before settling down again.