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Brief Forecast for all New Zealand
Valid to Midnight Saturday, 02-May
Northland, Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula
Cloudy periods. The chance of a light showers about eastern areas.
Waikato to Wellington, including Bay of Plenty and the central high country, also Wairarapa
Fine. Morning fog or frost in sheltered places.
Gisborne and Hawke's Bay
Cloudy periods. Isolated light showers about Gisborne. Clearing to mainly fine tomorrow morning.
Nelson, Marlborough, Otago and Southland excluding Stewart Island
Fine apart from areas of morning fog or frost.
Buller, Grey and Westland
Cloudy periods, clearing to fine tomorrow afternoon.
Canterbury
Fine today. Areas of low cloud or fog tomorrow, clearing in the afternoon.
Fiordland and Steward Island
Cloudy periods with isolated showers.
Chatham Islands
Cloudy periods.
Outlook for following three days
Sunday
North Island: Mostly fine.
South Island: Fine for most. A few showers about the Fiords.
Monday
North Island: Mainly fine.
South Island: Fine for most places. A few showers in Fiordland.
Tuesday
North Island: Mainly fine. The chance of a shower in the north and about Kapiti Coast and Wellington.
South Island: Mostly cloudy with a few showers about Fiordland, otherwise fine.
Chatham Islands
Partly cloudy, with the chance of a shower on Sunday. Westerlies, turning northerly on Wednesday.
Issued: 11:20am Friday 1 May 2026