"The lows are circling around each other and it means there's a big wall of wind that's about to come into the North Island." "The worst of the weather is in the North Island today, then there'll be an improving trend. The wild weather that has been lashing the country brought an overdue dumping of snow on Mt Ruapehu last night. Southwest, gusts 90km/hHigh: 13C Low: 7CTomorrowOccasional showers, strong southwesterliesHigh: 12C Low: 6CMondayRain at times. Kapiti, Wellington and the central North Island might also experience patches of heavy rain, Hannah Moes said.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 20, 2016 11:41 UTC