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Brief Forecast for all New Zealand
Valid to Midnight Wednesday, 11-Mar
Northland
Partly cloudy with isolated showers today. Rain with strong easterlies tomorrow, heavy for a time, easing late.
Auckland, Coromandel
Cloud increasing today, with isolated showers, turning to rain for a time tomorrow afternoon.
Waikato to Wellington, including the Central Plateau, Bay of Plenty and Wairarapa
Cloudy periods, with isolated showers north of Whanganui clearing tonight. Fine with high cloud tomorrow.
Gisborne, Hawke's Bay
Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers, becoming confined to Gisborne ranges tonight.
Buller, Nelson, Marlborough and Canterbury
Cloudy with isolated showers about the ranges, clearing to mostly fine this afternoon.
Grey, Westland and Fiordland
A few showers in Grey, spreading south, but clearing from Grey this afternoon and Westland tomorrow afternoon.
Otago and Southland
Mainly fine, chance of a shower or two about the coast tomorrow afternoon and evening.
Chatham Islands
Cloudy periods.
Outlook for following three days
Thursday
North Island: Showers for the northern half of the Island, mainly fine elsewhere.
South Island: Showers in Fiordland gradually spreading north, and turning to rain with heavy falls in Fiordland later. Mainly fine elsewhere, but scattered rain developing in the far south later.
Friday
North Island: Rain or showers in the north and west, some heavy, with scattered falls spreading to east.
South Island: Rain in the west and far south, with some heavy falls, easing to scattered showers later. Scattered showers elsewhere.
Saturday
North Island: Rain or showers easing, clearing mostly in the north and east late.
South Island: Scattered showers, clearing in the east from Dunedin northwards.
Chatham Islands
Fine on Thursday. Rain developing late Friday, heavy for a time early Saturday, then clearing later Saturday. Light winds on Thursday. Northerlies strengthening on Friday, changing southerlies late Saturday.
Issued: 11:20am Tuesday 10 Mar 2026