Those waking up this morning worried about their Easter weather can rest assured the forecast so far is looking OK, unless you plan to be in the far southwest. The North Island should improve further into Tuesday, until the front arrives in central areas on Wednesday. "Good Friday is a bit far out, but at this stage we expect a frontal feature to appear in the far south, bringing rain to Fiordland and Westland, and patches to Otago and Southland. The first cyclone, Cyclone Marcus, struck Darwin last week before tracking over the Indian Ocean. Cyclone Nora is bringing rain in northern Australia, while Cyclone Iris was sitting between Australia and Fiji and there was uncertainty if it would hit either country.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 25, 2018 18:45 UTC