Weather

Power is unlikely to be restored to parts of Queenstown and Glenorchy until tonight, with 550 homes still without power.

Heavy rain and gales are forecast for parts of the South Island and Central North Island overnight and on Wednesday

The damp and windy New Zealand summer is set to continue for much of the country today, but calm, blue skies are expected to return later this week.

New Zealand's summer gales and downpours may be continuing but across the Tasman a northern New South Wales town is sweltering in a record-breaking heatwave.

Hundreds of Auckland homes are still without power, heavy rain is closing roads in Southland and another active front is on its way, as New Zealand's summer weather woes continue.

A 250 tonne buoy which dragged its moorings and was washed up on a New Plymouth beach won't be floated before tomorrow.

Hundreds of homes in Auckland are still without power, and 30cm of snow has fallen at Cardrona Skifield, as New Zealand counts the cost of a severe summer storm.

Wild weather in Auckland has cut power to thousands of Auckland homes as a major storm approaches the South Island.

If you thought it was cold overnight, you'd be right.

A slip big enough to fill eight Olympic swimming pools that closed a road near a settlement in the Southern Alps is unlikely to be cleared today. Audio

A pub owner is among dozens who could be cut off until Saturday by landslides brought down by foul weather.

The owner of a luxury fishing lodge at the top of the South Island says last night's storm has prompted guides to cancel fly fishing trips.

The reprieve from this morning's wet and gusty weather will continue tomorrow, but rain will return on the weekend, MetService says.

Winds gusting up to nearly 140km/h forced the cancellation and delay of dozens of flights in and out of Wellington this morning. Video