This long weekend sees rain, showers and drizzle across the country, mainly in northern areas.
But relief is on the way, as the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day holiday on Monday and Daylight Savings Time kicks off a week of warmer, drier weather for much of the country.
Daylight Savings Time officially begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, with clocks moving forward one hour.
From Northland to Taranaki, including Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay, regular showers are forecast on Friday afternoon with possible thunder and hail.
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The wet weather in the area should ease into isolated showers over the course of Saturday.
On the east coast of the lower North Island between Manawatū, Kāpiti and the central high country, scattered showers and thunderstorms turn into rain on Saturday morning and afternoon.
Heavy rain is expected for Wellington and the Wairarapa on Friday, but should ease overnight and turn to showers on Saturday evening.
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Rain, showers and drizzle will fall across the north of the country this weekend.
Buller, Westland, Otago and Southland should be especially good Friday and Saturday, although the wider Otago and Southland region could see some cloud on Saturday with evening drizzle.
After a cloudy Friday, heavy falls are forecast for the Chatham Islands on Saturday.
On Sunday there will be showers in the east and south of the North Island.
The South Island can expect good conditions, while the eastern areas can expect some showers, clearing in the afternoon and Fiordland some showers late in the day.
Good weather is forecast for Monday’s holiday in the North Island, but showers will continue in the eastern and southern parts of the island.
The South Island should be mostly beautiful with increasing clouds and some showers in the west and isolated afternoon and evening showers around the mountain ranges in the afternoon and evening.