Constable Dave Leach of Lumsden patrol's amid a snow covered landscape on State Highway 94 at Gorge Hill. It was a snowy Easter for some of Southland and Otago, but MetService meteorologist Andrew James says the worst is over. Barry Harcourt A farmer travels in a snow covered landscape on State Highway 94 at Gorge Hill. The upper cold pull responsible for the white Easter was moving off New Zealand, but a south-westerly would be coming in from the Southern ocean, bringing cold winds over the following few days, he said. NZ Transport Agency media manager for the southern region Frances Adank said the Milford Road had been closed on Sunday and Monday night.

Source: Stuff April 14, 2020 02:15 UTC