The closing week of New Zealand's strange summer is forecast to bring more hot and dry conditions to many spots in the north. But more "variable" weather could be just around the corner, a forecaster says. A TALE OF TWO ISLANDSLow off coast of Australia expected to affect South Island from Tuesday. Warmest for inland parts of the South Island with Hanmer Springs reaching a top of 34. It wasn't yet clear, he said, whether climate change was influencing the occurrence of non-traditional - or so-called "modoki" - La Nina events.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 21, 2021 04:18 UTC