Photo: NZ SkiSnow is set to fall on the middle of the North Island tomorrow when the Tongariro Crossing is expected to bear the brunt of the unseasonal white out. Snow is already falling on a Canterbury ski field just a day after parts of the same region basked in record high temperatures. A post on the Canterbury skifield's Facebook page joked about the snow falling in the height of summer. MetService said the cool southerly winds were keeping temperatures down and Tekapo was close to freezing level today on 1C. As it swung closer in the next 24 hours southerly winds would strengthen across most of the island.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 27, 2017 01:52 UTC