Some heavy rain watches forecasted for the upper North Island have been upgraded to an orange heavy rain warning. The heavy rain watch which was in place for Northland is now an orange warning from 7pm Wednesday until 9am Friday. The chance of wet weather due to a deep subtropical low has now also spread with a heavy rain watch issued for other parts of the Upper North Island including Auckland. An orange heavy rain warning is in place for Northland. In the South Island Tasman west of Motueka is under a heavy rain watch from Thursday until Friday.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 24, 2026 21:23 UTC