There’s a lot of high pressure around Australia with NZ on the edges of it – and low pressure zones nearby. It means, for New Zealand, an unsettled weather pattern for the next 10 days bringing classic mid-August weather with snow flurries for the mountains and ranges of both islands, more sou’westers – and some fairly weak low pressure zones in the mix. It means rainfall for NZ is normal or even slightly below normal for some in the coming 10 days.

We have your NZ and Australia forecast to Sunday – and a brief mention of the tropics as easterlies and showers continue there.