It's a wet start to the first week of the school holidays - but while kids might be stuck indoors on devices on Monday, there's brighter weather forecast for the week ahead.
NIWA forecaster Chris Brandolino told the AM Show Monday would be the worst day for weather over the next couple of weeks, especially in the upper North Island, where strong winds have cut power in parts of Northland and Auckland.
The wild weather is moving away, but in its wake remains leftover wind that will persist over the day, he said.
Conditions are expected to improve throughout the week across the country, and summer might be on its way for the Hawke's Bay and the eastern part of the South Island, including Canterbury.
Temperatures in these areas will be in the lower 20s on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Looking ahead over the next three months into summer, weather is looking pretty warm, he said.
"We have pretty high confidence temperatures will be above average, and rainfall for much of the country will be near normal."
"This means probably a good start to the growing season for farmers, and perhaps some nice days outside, putting aside today."
He said winter had panned out the way they had expected it.
"Winter turned out to be normal or above normal in terms of temperature - we had some cold periods, but that's winter."
It had been a wet year he said, and the year wasn't over yet for annual rainfall rates.
"Many locations like Auckland and Hamilton have already received their annual rainfall and we still have October, November and December to go."
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