Spring is here - apparently - and along with it a massive cold snap. Snow has closed roads in both islands overnight.
Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton
The Desert Road remains closed between Waiouru and Rangipō, as is the Napier-Taupō Road.
There has been light snow and flurries seen in Christchurch and the hill suburbs of Wellington,and on the new Transmission Gully State Highway.
In Dunedin - a couple of main roads are closed and it's been an extremely cold night. RNZ Dunedin reporter Tim Brown with the latest.
