NZ has a cooler, showery, week this week – but a large high from Aussie will drift in by this coming weekend bringing drier weather, lighter winds and a lift in temperatures.

The week ahead isn’t brutally cold or stormy – but it is going to be noticeably cooler and more unsettled than the past few days have been.

In Australia the next stormy system is about to pounce on WA, but milder northerlies ahead of it move in for SA and VIC.