Heavy snow is expected in Canterbury and Marlborough, while wind gusts up to 120kmh are forecast for the Kaikōura Coast, Wellington and Taranaki on a stormy Friday across New Zealand. In Canterbury and Marlborough south of Ward, as much as 30cm of snow could accumulate above 500 metres, with lesser amounts down to about 300m. READ MORE: Snow in Southland, sunshine in Northland - and everything else in betweenSnow could lower to 200m in Fiordland, Otago and Southland, while in the North Island, snow could lower to 800m about Taihape on Friday evening. There was a possibility of snow about the Christchurch Port Hills on Friday morning, MetService meteorologist Mark Bowe said. https://t.co/qHyE5zhh6X^MB pic.twitter.com/tuPv8RRGFn — MetService (@MetService) October 11, 2018Periods of heavy rain were recorded at various stations as the band moved across the North Island from west to east, Bowe said.

Source: Stuff October 11, 2018 19:46 UTC