Most parts of the country are in for a dry but cloudy few days as a week of wild weather comes to a close.
Metservice meteorologist John Law said the weekend was looking dry and settled in most places.
Storm-battered Christchurch could expect some needed reprieve with cloud and lightdrizzle, but no more of the heavy rain that flooded streets earlier in the week.
"The story for most of us this weekend is one of dry weather," he said.
"We're not going to find much rain anywhere in New Zealand, which is a concern for the likes of the Waikato and Auckland which have had a really dry month and more dry weather to come," he said.
Conditions in the capital would be cloudy but dry, with much the same on the east coast of the North Island.
WeatherWatch head analyst Philip Duncan said the country was in for "much calmer" weekend.
But a southerly moving up the country on Saturday morning would cool temperatures in the South Island throughout the day.
