New Zealand to shiver this weekend as biting chill creeps across country – Newshub

Saturday night will be relatively mild for Auckland, with a few passing showers expected.

The real action will begin on Sunday with frigid winds across Canterbury and Marlborough moving towards the lower North Island

By Sunday evening, Kiwis could expect to see a dusting of snow across the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne Ranges at quite low elevations.

"And it's going to be a cold one for all of us," Noll says.

He added that climate change means these cold snaps will become less frequent as time passes - evident by the fact this June and July were the warmest on record - as was last year.

"So that's two in a row [that have broken records]. Climate change is shrinking the winter as we know it - there will be droughts earlier, less cold extremes and more warm extremes."

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New Zealand to shiver this weekend as biting chill creeps across country - Newshub