More than 30 MetService weather watches and warnings are in place across the country as storms leave 'nowhere to hide' from severe weather. Kaye Paardekooper/Stuff Snowy vistas across Lake Pukaki greeted guests at Mount Cook Lakeside Retreat as snow blankets the South Island's High Country. Supplied Remarkables ski field staff clear snow from around the base building after a weekend of heavy snowfall. Peter Meecham/Stuff Traffic waits near Spingfield for Porters Pass to open after heavy snow closed the alpine pass. A Taranaki bach owner watched the waves lap over the retaining wall of his property at Tongapōrutu before the wall collapsed.

Source: Stuff June 13, 2022 15:27 UTC