NZ: Stormy low forms east of North Island + Matariki is coming!

Low pressure has been affecting NZ for 11 days now and will continue on this week - but in an entirely new location, centred east of the North Island. This new low pressure centre will rapidly form tonight and into Tuesday bringing windier south to south-east winds for the North Island and driving in rain to northern Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne and East Cape. Rain and showers may spread as far south as the eastern South Island.
The low will take all of this week to finally move away and isn’t expected to do much beyond these regions. Strong winds will also clip Bay of Plenty, especially in the east.
Elsewhere a narrow area of high pressure comes in this week - and by Mataraki we have some high pressure over NZ but also a cold front moving into the West Coast and heading towards the North Island for Saturday.
We have your detailed forecast through to Sunday.

[@dennistait-jamieson1702]

Great job. thank you for the effort guys.

[@bronwynsearle2117]

Hi Phil, had a beautiful clear night ✨🌕 and full strawberry 🍓 moon.. but a MEAN as frost this morning..a bit of fog too! Warming up nicely now 😊❤

[@magicalravens1ravenspirit597]

Thanks from Rotorua :)

[@leehotspur9679]

Well presented again, Thanks

[@Viagra_risk_PERMANENT_insomnia]

Hello

[@mavisemberson8737]

Thanks.

[@rastanz]

Thanks for the update. Weathers a bummer, the Auckland Matariki event we were meant to perform at on the 28th has been postponed.

[@predatornz.5493]

On Sunday morning we had once of the nasty storms ever from 6.30am to 9.30am we had thunderstorms very heavy rain and hail and flooding too over 100 mls in 3 hours crazy

[@mariehansen2534]

Opps, I am so sorry, I forgot to comment. Thank you for the update. Sleep well.

[@geoffmccoll4640]

Shit , we "lighted up" our winter solstice fire in Torrington NWS 2371, there was not a Moire to be seen?

[@MerleDoughty-yw6cl]

How much does the spin of the earth affect the weather systems?

[@danielillingworth8064]

Next update 25/6/24

[@SopwithTheCamel]

Matariki is modern invented nonesense passing as something significant. Why is the political left so childish?

[@StoneWii]

For Pakeha it's new. Don't be so ignorant.

[@sonofagalwayman6553]

.Matariki, or Māori New Year, celebrations were once popular, but had largely stopped by the 1940s. In the 2000s, they were revived. Now, thousands of people take part in events to honour the beginning of the Māori New Year, and in whānau celebrations to remember those who have died and to plan for the year ahead. From 2022, a public holiday marking Matariki will be held on a Friday in June or July each year. Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in midwinter and for many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Iwi across New Zealand understand and celebrate Matariki in different ways and at different times.
Matariki is an abbreviation of ‘Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea (‘The eyes of the god Tāwhirimātea’) and refers to a large cluster of stars, known in some European traditions as the Pleiades. According to Māori tradition, the god of the wind, Tāwhirimātea, was so angry when his siblings separated their parents, Ranginui the sky father and Papatūānuku the earth mother, that he tore out his eyes and threw them into the heavens.
The cycle of life and death
Traditionally, Matariki was a time to acknowledge the dead and to release their spirits to become stars. It was also a time to reflect, to be thankful to the gods for the harvest, to feast and to share the bounty of the harvest with family and friends.

[@gordonsargon9167]

First time overseas in brisbane watching these videos .feels like summer
Temperatures warm in daytime
It was foggy in Auckland before took flight for my holiday to queensland

[@Socks-q9b]

Traveling back from Katikati to Taupo last night experienced the worst fog conditions I’ve driven in for a very long time, max speed 50klm… excluding idiots!

[@muzza566]

Always watch you in Qld back in Paeroa for two more days good weather still in shorts and shirt , colder in Qld lol back too my new hillbilly’s neighbours of what fun cheers

[@timshields8720]

So a chance of fog again for Auckland very early Tue morning then??? Please i have to know

[@WeatherWatchTV]

Yes it's possible - it's already formed. Should clear earlier than Monday. Check our fog forecaster in our app (It's free), or visit RuralWeather.co.nz

[@kroadie3936]

Hope your weather was fine today,thank you for the forecast today.

[@deanostevenson9238]

Good clear kiwi update

[@beepeeify]

Cheers for the update!

[@thenetisthebeast6910]

According to the Waitaha, Matariki was originally the star Venus

[@wendygerrish4964]

Excellent.