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Lower North Island under heavy snow watch, roads closed as snow falls in the south Snow on the Crown Range summit on Monday morning. Photo / George Heard Lower North Island under heavy snow watch, roads closed as snow falls in the south Mon, 28 Jun 2021, 10:36AM All Air New Zealand flights in and out of the country's southernmost airports - including Queenstown - have been cancelled due to the worsening weather. The national carrier today said the polar blast was causing disruption across much of the South Island with Dunedin, Invercargill and Queenstown flights now cancel...

“We’ve never been content to do one thing at a time,” Jane says. “We came from strong working families, my parents loved to work and so did Mick’s and it’s something we passed on to our three boys. “We’re grateful for every day, I think life is a gift. We’re always telling our children, you can’t waste a moment. Try everything in life, you only have that one chance.” The Arrowtown house is the couple’s latest venture. It was Jane who briefed Team Green Architects for the four-bedroom home that sits on an elevated site, facing Queenstown and Cecil Peak, the Remarkabl...

Amber Allott and Lawrence Gullery18:37, Jun 27 2021 Joseph Johnson/Stuff A red sky in the morning on the eve of a winter weather cold snap storm in central city Christchurch (File photo). A frosty end to June could see the peaks of Banks Peninsula including Christchurch’s Port Hills dusted with snow over the coming days. According to MetService, a cold blast from the Antarctic ice shelf will move across New Zealand – bringing snow for the South Island and heavy rain for most of the North Island. MetService meorologist Andy Best said there would be few places in the country which would e...

The current settled weather over much of Aotearoa New Zealand will give way to a complex low and its associated fronts, which will slowly move across the country on Friday and through the weekend. MetService is forecasting strong winds and heavy ...

© MetService The Crown Range Road this morning.It was another freezing start for many in the South today, with temperatures plunging to a bone-chilling -10C in some places. Forecaster Niwa said Middlemarch, inland from Dunedin, hit -10.1C, which was provisionally New Zealand's lowest May temperature since 2001, excluding high-elevation locations. The wintry conditions prompted warnings for road users, with gritted roads and freezing fog reported. Dunedin Airport was also very cold, recording -8.4C, while inland Otago was sub-zero in most places. Further north, parts of the Mackenzie Basin we...