A cold snap hit the central North Island on the weekend, with more cold weather to come, according to MetService.
Snow was seen on Mt Tarawera, in Mamaku, and all the way up to Waiotapu on Saturday with even colder temperatures predicted for tonight and tomorrow morning.
Power was cut to people living on the Taupo plains and, according to long time Taupo resident and amateur weatherman Walter de Bont, it was the coldest day he had recorded since he began taking records in 1962.
"It was the most snow I've ever seen in Taupo and we have also had a lot of rain with 39mm in the last 24 hours.
"Saturday was also the coldest day ever recorded with a maximum not higher than 3.4C, and that is cold."