More rain is falling today in the parched eastern side of the North Island with some farmers telling us it’s done the trick for them for the rest of the year. The low responsible for that rain, and the cooler, wetter, past few days in Canterbury, is now moving away to the east bringing fairly dry weather in for the next day or two but with more inland downpours in the afternoons.

By Friday the next low from Australia moves in bringing a weekend with nor’easters and areas of rain, showers and dry spells too – meaning it might be another frustrating weekend for people trying to organise events (or head to them!)

Next week NZ looks to return to westerlies.