Heavy rain and strong winds are pushing across New Zealand today, tonight and over Friday – with weather easing on Saturday for many places.

By Sunday the next surge of westerlies and showers from the west kicks in – with Monday and Tuesday seeing a cold Autumn blast moving through, maybe even snow on the southern ranges.

But high pressure isn’t done with NZ yet – and the next big high arrives around Wednesday next week.

We have your forecast through to the middle of next week.