He said the weather would be a "ramp up" of what was seen on Saturday and there were several active weather warnings. "Especially in the South Island, we have a lot of road snow warnings out across most of those higher road passes." Snowfall has now closed Crown Range Road, Milford Road and Lindis Pass. The Queenstown Lakes district has a heavy snow watch in place until 3pm Sunday, with snow down to 400m and heavy snow expected above 700m. Westland Buller and the Canterbury High Country also have a strong wind warning in place, which will last until Monday afternoon.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 12, 2022 06:42 UTC