Cold front crosses NZ Thu/Fri - high pressure for start of school hols

A cold front will sweep up and over New Zealand across Thursday and Friday, clearing the country on Saturday with a cooler airflow. Heavy rain on the West Coast, lower totals for the North Island - and a southern dusting of snow on the ranges and mountains. But high pressure isn’t finished with us - it tries to move in this weekend and then sets in better early next week, bringing drier weather and calmer winds for a time. We have your NZ forecast covering the cold front that is incoming, your weekend weather, and the outlook to Tuesday next week.