Drought-hit areas could get a little afternoon rain, but not much more until next yearJIM BURNS/SUPPLIED A downpour in Wellington on Tuesday morning caused surface flooding in the city. Some drought-hit areas of the lower North Island had a little rain on Tuesday morning and could get a bit more through the day, but that's likely to be it for the rest of the year. SIMON O'CONNOR/STUFF Farms in the lower North Island, particularly the west, are crying out for rain. Christchurch had little rain overnight but at lunchtime rain falling in the city was causing a delay in the one-day cricket match between New Zealand and the West Indies. "It's going to move over the North Island through the rest of today.

Source: Stuff December 26, 2017 00:33 UTC