We have another front coming from Australia and yes that means more rain for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning across western and northern New Zealand in particular. Another front arrives Thursday, another Friday and another Sunday. Welcome to spring!

We also track the sunny, dry, warm weather that is moving in with the stronger westerlies which kick in around Wednesday and ramp up even more next week.

Plus, we take a special look at the tropics around Australia and beyond to work out just what is happening right now and why Australian meteorologists are so interested in the rain that has been falling there over the past two weeks.