Heavy rain, damaging winds and snow are forecast across New Zealand.
Strong winds are battering the North and Upper South Islands, cancelling ferrys and flights, closing highways, and cutting power to homes.
Some North Island regions will get up to 13 hours of rain across the day.
Snow may fall to low levels across parts of the South Island overnight.
National weather agency warns of heavy rain and winds up to 120kph
Strong gusts could prompt temporary full lane closures from 1pm to 6pm.
Flights in and out of Wellington have been cancelled, causing travel chaos.
Severe weather - including gale-force winds, snow, heavy rain and high swells - has battered the North Island, leading to fallen trees, slips, power cuts, grounded flights and…
The weather across the North Island is not expected to be as wild as it has been.
Wellington Airport running as normal, but some lower North Island highways still affected.