While much of the country is bracing for rain on Christmas Day, it looks like Hawke's Bay could be the place to be with the hottest predicted high of 25C.
A cool front moving across the North Island on Christmas Eve could bring spots of rain to Hawke's Bay and the East Coast but shouldn't interrupt festivities too much. Forecasters are predicting sun for Christmas Day.
Metservice duty forecaster Mads Naeraa-Spiers said the weather should be fine up until Christmas Eve evening.
"Hawke's Bay is pretty good for the next couple of days as usual but we do have a bit of a Christmas Eve, Christmas Day low coming across the Tasman.
"It will move across the South Island on Christmas Eve with an associated front moving across the North Island on Christmas Eve evening."