The New Zealand Herald spoke to Georgina Griffiths from MetService about New Zealand's potential heatwave.
A 90-year-old temperature record has been broken in Wellington today as New Zealand continues to swelter through a heatwave.
For about 10 minutes this afternoon, the temperature in the Wellington suburb of Kelburn rose to 30.3C.
Metservice meteorologist Georgina Griffiths said that was the highest temperature recorded at the sitesince records began in 1927.
Auckland also hit 30C, the first time it has passed that milestone since the same time last year. The warmest place was Whenuapai, which reached 30.3C.
The highest temperatures were recorded in inland parts of the North Island, which are too far from the coast to be cooled by onshore seabreezes.
The warm air, which is being driven by a heatwave from Australia, is expected to last until Friday in the South Island and Saturday in the North Island.
Most parts of New Zealand will be fine tomorrow, with Christchurch likely to be the hottest region at around 31C.
Today's hotspots
1. Kawerau - 34.3C
2. Taumaranui - 33.6C (2nd highest temperature on record)
